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PEOPLE vs. Teofilo Dioso, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TEOFILO DIOSO and JACINTO ABARCA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-38346-47 | 1984-10-23

D E C I S I O N

ESCOLIN, J p:

Mandatory review of the death sentences imposed by the Circuit Criminal Court of Rizal upon Teofilo Dioso and Jacinto Abarca for the crime of murder.

The crime was committed inside the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinglupa, Rizal, where both accused were serving sentence, Abarca having been previously convicted by final judgment of the crime of homicide, and Dioso, of robbery.

At the time of the incident, Dioso and Abarca were members of the "Batang Mindanao" gang, while the victims Angelito Reyno and Fernando Gomez, also prisoners at the New Bilibid Prisons, belonged to a group known as the "Happy Go Lucky"...