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Jesus Clarito Espina Vs. Miguel Cerujano, et al.

JESUS CLARITO ESPI?A, Petitioner, versus MIGUEL CERUJANO, ALFREDA TINGKINGCO, and SENENCIO CERUJANO, JR., Respondents.

G.R. No. 149377 | 2008-03-28

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:

In Criminal Case No. 1276, for Robbery in Band with Multiple Homicide, Branch 22 of the Lao-ang, Northern Samar Regional Trial Court convicted as charged all the accused therein, except a certain Matea Infante, and imposed upon them the death penalty.[1]

On automatic review of the case, this Court affirmed the conviction but commuted the penalty to reclusion perpetua.[2] The decision became final and executory on May 7, 1987.[3]

On June 14, 1993, petitioner, Jesus Clarito Espiña (sometimes spelled as Espina), a Prosecutor of the Office of the Public Prosecutor of Lao-ang, Northern Samar,...