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PEOPLE vs. Nicolas Layson, Et Al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICOLAS LAYSON, CEZAR RAGUB, CEZAR FUGOSO and JOVENTINO GARCES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-25177 | 1969-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


PER CURIAM: 

This is an automatic review of the decision dated September 25, 1965 of the Court of First Instance of Davao in criminal case 8495 imposing the death penalty on Nicolas Layson, Cezar Ragub, Cezar Fugoso and Joventino Garces. 

On January 17, 1964 when these four accused stabbed Regino Gasang to death, they were inmates of the Davao Penal Colony serving sentences of conviction for the following crimes: 

"Nicolas Layson - kidnapping with robbery, homicide, homicide and theft; 

"Cezar Ragub - frustrated murder and homicide; 

"Cezar Fugoso - robbery in an inhabited house and theft; 

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