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PEOPLE vs. Gavino Dorado Y Arabaca

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GAVINO DORADO Y ARABACA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-23464 | 1969-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


ZALDIVAR, J.: 

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, in its Criminal Case No. 66095, finding the defendant-appellant Gavino Dorado y Arabaca guilty of having committed the crime of arson with multiple homicide and multiple frustrated homicide and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua with the accessory penalties provided by law, and to pay the costs. 

The record shows that on September 2, 1962, a 5-door apartment owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ildefonso Tierra and an adjacent residential house, both located on the densely populated street of Castillejos, Quiapo, Manila were...