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PEOPLE vs. Carlos Melendres, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS MELENDRES, ANTONIO GERODIAS and SOFRONIO GONZALES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-38095 | 1981-08-10

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

Automatic review of the decision of the Circuit Criminal Court, Pasig, Rizal, in CCC-VII-1226 RIZAL, convicting CARLOS MELENDRES, ANTONIO GERODIAS and SOFRONIO GONZALES of murder and frustrated murder, for the death of Angel Montero and the serious wounding of Aniano Catipay, and imposing on them the death penalty for the murder.

At about 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon of September 28, 1971, a stabbing took place at Brigade 2-A of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, Rizal. Aniano Catipay and Angel Montero were assaulted inside Cell No. 1 by their fellow inmates who belonged to the OXO-KKK gang. Angel...