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PEOPLE vs. Rodolfo Gonzales

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO GONZALES alias Rudy Crazy, ROMEO LACHICA alias Jimmy alias Ringo, Francisco MENSORADO, ROGELIO ESPINOSA alias Tigas, ANDRES NARAG, GERARDO CALUBAG alias Ranger and HARDELITO REPIL, accused whose death sentences are under automatic review.

G.R. No. L-33303 | 1980-11-21

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

The seven accused herein, all convicts serving sentences in the Davao Penal Colony at Panabo, Davao del Norte, together with three other prisoners named Alfonso Sigin, Olegario Madola and Ernesto Aguiluz, were charged in an information dated October 13, 1969 with having committed on June 22, 1969 the crimes of "double murder and double frustrated murder" for having killed prisoners Antonio Argañoza and Ernesto de la Cruz and assaulted prisoners Franklin Unson and Reynaldo Chan who did not die due to timely medical attendance.

Treachery, evident premeditation and abuse of superiority were alleged as...