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PEOPLE Vs. Panfilo Diga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PANFILO DIGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 94546 | 1992-04-24

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

Panfilo Diga alias "Amin" and Eusebio Pigao, were charged with Multiple Murder in the Regional Trial Court, Branch 5, of Tuguegarao, Cagayan, for the murder of Fermin Domingo, his six-year-old son, Crisologo, and his wife's cousin, Rodolfo Ganaban. Diga was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua. He has appealed to this Court to seek a reversal of the decision.

The personal circumstances of the dramatis personae in these cold blooded murders were summarized by the trial court as follows:

"In 1969, the barangay captain of Alba was Fermin Domingo and the barangay secretary was his wife...