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People of the Philippines Vs. Ismael Diaz @ Maeng and Rodolfo Diaz @ Nanding

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ISMAEL DIAZ @ Maeng and RODOLFO DIAZ @ Nanding, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R .No. 185841 | 2009-08-04

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01606 dated 5 June 2008 which affirmed in toto the Joint Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dagupan City, Branch 42, in Criminal Cases No. 98-02261-D and No. 98-02262-D, finding appellants Ismael and Rodolfo Diaz guilty of two counts of Murder.

For the deaths of Elmer Quinto and Senior Police Officer (SPO) 1 Richard Dalioan, appellants Ismael, Rodolfo Diaz and one Domingo Doe were charged before the RTC of Dagupan with Murder and Assault Upon An Agent in Authority with Murder. The informations, which were filed...