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People vs Casiano Buntag alias Ciano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, CASIANO BUNTAG alias "CIANO" and DIEGO BONGO, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 123070 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Branch 3, in Criminal Case No. 7729, convicting the appellants Casiano Buntag alias "Ciano" and Diego Bongo of murder, sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua, and directing them to jointly indemnify the heirs of the victim Berno Georg Otte the sum of P50,000 as moral damages.

The Indictment

The appellants were charged with murder in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:

That on or about the 9th day of February, 1992, in the municipality of Panglao, province of Bohol, Philippines, and within...