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PEOPLE. Vs. Dionisio Dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIONISIO DELA CRUZ, alias "Disiong," alias "Tilay" and JULIO DELA CRUZ, alias "Lalong," defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-45214 | 1987-01-29

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

Dionisio dela Cruz and Julio dela Cruz, father and son, respectively, appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, Third Judicial District, Branch XI, convicting both of the crime of double murder.

In the morning of 18 April 1975, by a saltbed situated along a creek in Barrio Lawis, Labrador, Pangasinan, lying just a few meters away from their hut, the contorted bodies of the spouses Meliton and Emilia Abobon were found, victims of a brutal slaying. The autopsy conducted by the Labrador Municipal Health Officer yielded the following findings on the extent of the injuries...