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PEOPLE vs Michael Simon, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. MICHAEL SIMON, FROILAN REYES y LACSON @ OLAN, ELY TONGOL y DEMAPENDEN and JOHN DOES, appellants.

G.R. No. 130531 | 2004-05-27

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision[1] dated May 21, 1997 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 172, Valenzuela, Metro Manila, in Criminal Case No.3989-V-94, finding appellants Froilan Reyes y Lacson @ Olan and Michael Simon guilty of murder and imposing upon them the supreme penalty of death.

Appellants were charged in an Amended Information which reads:

"That on or about the 19th day of February 1994, in Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating with one another, without any justifiable cause,...