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PEOPLE. Vs. Cristoto Papaz, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRISTOTO LAPAZ alias TOTONG, JOHNSON BARLESO and PAULINO LAPAZ, JR., defendants. CRISTOTO LAPAZ alias TOTONG, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 68898 | 1989-03-31

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

In the evening of April 14, 1984, Eulalia Cabunag, a 70-year old woman who was living alone, was beaten to death by three men at Barangay Katipunan, Carmen, Bohol. One of them was discharged as a state witness; the second pleaded guilty and the third pleaded not guilty so he underwent a trial. Thereafter, both were found guilty and sentenced to death. Said verdict is now before this Court on appeal.

Appellant Johnson Barleso used to stay in the house of said victim, Eulalia Cabunag, as his common-law wife was the niece of the latter. They transferred to the house of Aurelio Gaudicos, son-in-law of Eulalia,...