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People vs. Cagod, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellees, vs. ROGELIO CAGOD and BUENAVENTURA ALICANDO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-36016 | 1978-01-18

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Rogelio Cagod and Buenaventura Alicando appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental, Ozamiz City Branch II, finding them guilty of murder, sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua and ordering them to pay solidarily to the heirs of Eliezer Castro an indemnity of P12,000 (Criminal Case No. OZ-282).
According to the evidence for the prosecution, at about four o'clock in the afternoon of New Year's day, January 1, 1972, Eliezer Castro, sixteen years old, single and the son of Acting Chief of Police Victor Castro, was walking near the bridge in Barrio Taguima, Tudela,...