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PEOPLE vs. Leonila Oga-Oga, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONILA OGA-OGA, DOMINGO OGA-OGA, DOMINGO OGA-OGA, and JUANITO OGA-OGA @ JOHN, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-69070-72 | 1984-11-29

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

In the defunct Court of First Instance of Leyte, DOMINGO OGA-OGA, Jr., JOHN OGA-OGA and LEONILA OGA-OGA were charged with triple murder. In Criminal Case No. BN-1851 it was for the death of Antonio Oga-Oga; in Criminal Case No. BN-1995 it was for the death of Anita Oga-Oga; and in Criminal Case No. BN-1996 it was for the death of Alfredo Oga-Oga. The crimes were said to have been committed on the same day and place, i.e. April 1, 1981, in Sitio Bilibol, San Jose East, Burauen, Leyte.

The trial judge, Fortunato B. Cuna found the three accused guilty in all the three cases and thereafter pronounced the...