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PEOPLE vs Escote, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JUAN G. ESCOTE, JOEY VIC PERAS (Acquitted), ROLAND GARCIA (Acquitted), ANGELITO R. LISONA (Acquitted), and “BUBOY,” accused. JUAN G. ESCOTE, appellant.

G.R. No. 151834 | 2004-06-08

D E C I S I O N




DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Appellant Juan G. Escote appeals from the decision[1] dated 15 October 2001 of the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 78, in Criminal Case No. 193-M-2000, which found him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of the victim P50,000 as death indemnity and P50,000 as indemnity ex delicto.

On 31 January 2000, Escote, together with Roland Garcia, Angelito Lisona, Joey Vic Peras, and one alias Buboy, was charged with Murder for the death of Carlos Dueñas. The accusatory portion of the...