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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, vs. EFREN PATELAN LAMBERTE @ "KALBO" and MARCELINO RUIZ NIMUAN @ "CELINE," Accused, MARCELINO RUIZ NIMUAN, Appeellant.

People of the Philippines vs. Efren Patelan Lamberte, et al.

G.R. No. 182918 | 2011-06-06



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


THIRD DIVISION


G.R. No. 182918               June 6, 2011


PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee,

vs.

EFREN PATELAN LAMBERTE @ "KALBO" and MARCELINO RUIZ NIMUAN @ "CELINE," Accused,

MARCELINO RUIZ NIMUAN, Appellant.


D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:


We decide the appeal filed by accused Marcelino Ruiz Nimuan (appellant)1 from the November 23, 2007 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 02352.2


The Factual Antecedents


On November 25, 2004, the appellant, together with Efren Patelan Lamberte,3 was charged with murder4 before the Regional...