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People vs. Galapia

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUGENIO GALAPIA y BACUS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-39303-05 | 1978-08-01

D E C I S I O N

CONCEPCION JR., J:

MANDATORY REVIEW of the decisions of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte imposing the death penalty upon Eugenio Galapia y Bacus in three criminal cases.

The record shows that the accused Eugenio Galapia y Bacus and Leonida Agudelo were married on August 8, 1971 before Mayor Leonardo A. Velasco of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. 1 After their marriage, the spouses lived with Bonifacia Castro Agudelo, the mother of Leonida, in Barrio Libong, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. Living with his mother-in-law became extremely difficult so that sometime in May, 1973, 2 the husband left the house to live with his own...