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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. TOMAS DIMACUHA, JR., EDGAR ALLEN ALVAREZ, RODEL CABALLERO, LUIS EVANGELISTA, RICKY BARRIAO, LITO GUALTER, TESS GUALTER, BOGS EVANGELISTA, ALIAS THEO, ALIAS NONONG, ALIAS JOHNY AND JOHN DOES, ACCUSED, EDGAR ALLEN ALVAREZ AND RODEL CABALLERO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. TOMAS DIMACUHA, JR., EDGAR ALLEN ALVAREZ, RODEL CABALLERO, LUIS EVANGELISTA, RICKY BARRIAO, LITO GUALTER, TESS GUALTER, BOGS EVANGELISTA, ALIAS THEO, ALIAS NONONG, ALIAS JOHNY AND JOHN DOES, ACCUSED, EDGAR ALLEN ALVAREZ AND RODEL CABALLERO, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 191060 | 2015-02-02

SECOND DIVISION
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Appellants Edgar Allen Alvarez (Alvarez) and Rodel Caballero (Caballero), together with the accused who remain at-large, were charged with the crime of murder1 for the fatal shooting of Nicanor Morfe Agon (Agon).2 During the arraignment, appellants entered separate pleas of not guilty.3 After trial, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Batangas City, Branch 2, rendered a Decision4 dated May 11, 2007 finding the appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime charged, viz:

WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, accused EDGAR ALLEN ALVAREZ and RODEL...