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People vs.Compacion

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL COMPACION alias MANING, ERNESTO PIALAGO, deceased — (PATERNO BARBECHO), CRISANTO MANTALABA alias SANTOS and ELACIO LAOGLAOG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-33951 | 1979-09-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM, J:

Before Us for review is the death sentence imposed upon the above-named accused by the Court of First Instance of South Cotabato after their conviction for the crime of robbery with double homicide and double frustrated homicide, committed, according to the trial court, with the attendance of the aggravating circumstances of dwelling, nocturnity, evident premeditation, craft, band and treachery, without any mitigating circumstance.

Two separate briefs were filed, one jointly for Manuel Compacion and Ernesto Pialago, and the other, also jointly for Crisanto Mantalaba and Elacio Laoglaog. The fifth appellant...