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People of the Philippines Vs. Ismael Mokammad, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee,versus ISMAEL MOKAMMAD, CAIRODEN MOKAMMAD, HADJI AMER MOKAMMAD and TARATINGAN MOKAMMAD, Accused, ISMAEL MOKAMMAD and CAIRODEN MOKAMMAD, Appeellants.

G.R. No. 180594 | 2009-08-19

D E C I S I O N


NACHURA, J.:

On appeal is the August 17, 2007 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00357 which affirmed with modification the decision[2] rendered by Branch 12 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Lanao del Sur, finding appellants Ismael Mokammad and Cairoden Mokammad (appellants) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder and three (3) counts of frustrated murder.

On September 25, 1996, an information[3] for the complex crime of murder with frustrated murder was filed against appellants and other accused Hadji Amer Mokammad (Amer) and Taratingan Mokammad (Taratingan). The accusatory portion of...