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PEOPLE vs. Romualdo Battung, Jr., et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMUALDO BATTUNG, JR. and SEVERINO TAGUINOD, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-38936 | 1981-01-22

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Romualdo Battung, Jr. and Severino Taguinod were sentenced to death 1 by the Court of First Instance of Cagayan for the killing of Segundina Danga, for which they were charged with murder, 2 qualified by treachery, with the aggravating circumstances of nocturnity and evident premeditation. The case came up to this Court for automatic review, but only Romualdo Battung, Jr. filed his brief 3 through his counsel de oficio, Severino Taguinod having escaped while in confinement in the provincial jail of Cagayan on July 12, 1974, and appears to have still remained at large. For the purpose of the review, however,...