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People of the Philippines Vs. Mitsuel L. Elarcosa, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus MITSUEL L. ELARCOSA and JERRY B. ORIAS, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 186539 | 2010-06-29

D E C I S I O N


VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This is an appeal from the February 28, 2008 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA G.R. CEB-CR-H.C. No. 00608 entitled People of the Philippines v. Mitsuel L. Elarcosa and Jerry B. Orias which held accused-appellant Jerry B. Orias guilty of multiple murder. The CA Decision modified the December 17, 1996 Decision in Criminal Case No. 567 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 56, Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, which held accused-appellant Orias liable for robbery with multiple homicide.

The Facts

In the evening of September 27, 1992, Jorge, Segundina, Jose and Rosemarie, all surnamed...