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PEOPLE vs. Epifanio O. Valerio, Jr., et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. EPIFANIO O. VALERIO, JR., and DOMINGO ELEPA?O, respondents.

G.R. No. L-41146 | 1982-02-25

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

For automatic review is the death sentence imposed on accused-appellants Epifanio O. VALERIO, Jr. and Domingo ELEPAá'O by the Circuit Criminal Court, Seventh Judicial District, Pasig, Rizal, in Criminal Case No. P-1363-Cavite, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Amador Castro y Crisostomo (convicted), Epifanio O. Valerio, Jr. and Domingo Elepaño," for Murder.

The case revolves around a plot of murder of an eight-year old boy for insurance. The persistence in the criminal design was evident from the fact that when the insured eight-year-old waif disappeared, another hapless substitute,...