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PEOPLE vs. Felipe Agdeppa, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE AGDEPPA, ET AL., defendants, JULIO TAPEC, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17489 | 1969-12-24

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal, taken by Julio Tapec, from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte, convicting him and Felipe Agdeppa of the crime of murder and sentencing both to life imprisonment, to jointly and severally indemnify the heirs of the deceased Andrea Cabotaje in the sum of P6,000.00, as well as to pay the costs, and acquitting their co-defendant, Pascual Macoco, with the proportionate part of the costs de officio. 

The victim Andrea Cabotaje was, at the time of her death, single and about 28 years of age. Her mother's sister was married to appellant, Julio Tapec, then about 40 years...