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PEOPLE vs. Agapito De La Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AGAPITO DE LA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-30912 | 1980-04-30

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision of the Court of First Instance of Basilan City in Criminal Case No. 1993, finding AGAPITO de la Cruz guilty as principal by inducement of the crime in Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention, and sentencing him to death.

By way of factual backdrop, the evidence establishes that one Antonio Yu owned 200 hectares of rubber and coconut land in Lantawan, Isabela, Basilan City. The victim, Yu Chi Chong, is his younger brother. The accused, AGAPITO de la Cruz, was an overseer of Antonio Yu for no less than ten years.

For the kidnapping and slaying of Yu Chi...