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Eugene C. Yu vs. The Hon. Pres. Judge, et al

EUGENE C. YU, Petitioner, versus THE HONORABLE PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF TAGAYTAY CITY, BRANCH 18, THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ASSISTANT PROVINCIAL PROSECUTOR JOSE M. VELASCO, SEC. TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, RODOLFO OCHOA and REYNALDO DE LOS SANTOS A.K.A. "Engine" Respondents.

G.R. No. 142848 | 2006-06-30

                                               D E C I S I O N

CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:


In the evening of 14 November 1994, Atty. Eugene Tan, former President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and his driver Eduardo Constantino were abducted by several persons in Alabang, Muntinlupa, and brought somewhere in Cavite where they were both shot to death. At about 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon of 17 November 1994, the bodies of the two victims were dug up in a shallow grave at Barangay Malinta, Sampaloc 2,...