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PEOPLE Vs. Eufrocenio Laceste, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUFROCENIO LACESTE, CIPRIANO LACESTE, RIZALINO LACESTE, EDDIE BAUSON, ARTHUR BAUSON, BONIFACIO SORIANO, and JOHN DOE, accused, EUFROCENIO LACESTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127127 | 1998-07-30

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J:

This case is before us for the automatic review of the judgment 1 of 28 June 1996 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Dagupan City, Branch 41, in Criminal Case No. D-01053 convicting accused-appellant Eufrocenio Laceste (hereafter EUFROCENIO) of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death pursuant to Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. No. 7659.

On 9 August 1995, an information 2 was filed with the RTC of Dagupan City charging EUFROCENIO, Cipriano Laceste, Rizalino Laceste, Eddie Bauson, Arthur Bauson, 3 Bonifacio Soriano, and one John Doe with the crime of...