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PEOPLE vs Feliciano Patola, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELICIANO PATOLA and EUNILLO SANGAYON, accused whose death sentence is under review.

G.R. No. L-41265 | 1986-02-27

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J:

This is a review of the death penalty imposed upon Feliciano Patola and Eunillo Sangayon by the Court of First Instance of Davao, Tagum Branch 8. They were convicted of robbery with rape with the use of deadly weapons and ordered to pay Roman Coñado P4,500 as value of the stolen goods.

Patola was ordered to pay Mila Amoguis, his rape victim, P10,000 as moral damages while Sangayon was ordered to pay the same amount to his rape victim, Elena Odal. Patola appealed from the said decision.

Accused Sangayon executed an extrajudicial confession (Exh. B). The prosecution's evidence shows that at about eight...