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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Palacpac, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANIEL PALACPAC, AGUSTIN PALACPAC, MARTIN PALACPAC, PATRICIO PALACPAC, NARCISO PALACPAC, CANUTO TOLENTINO, JOSE CORPUS alias PEPING and LEOPOLDO PALAD alias POLDO, defendants. AGUSTIN PALACPAC, CANUTO

G.R. No. L-27822 | 1973-02-28

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

For the deaths of Corporal Matias Bassig and Vicente Luis, a constabulary informer, as an aftermath of a tragic encounter in Baggao, Cagayan, on January 31, 1964, the origins of which appear to be shrounded in obscurity, not withstanding the lengthy and exhaustive decision of Judge Lauro S. Esteban, dated June 2, 1967, Daniel Palacpac, Agustin Palacpac, Martin Palacpac, Patricio Palacpac, Narciso Palacpac, Canuto Tolentino, Jose Corpuz, and Leopoldo Palad, were prosecuted for and convicted of the crime of murder. 1 Meted out two life sentences, all of the accused except Daniel and Narciso Palacpac appealed....