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People vs. Lagarto [DECISION]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HENRY LAGARTO y PETILLA and ERNESTO CORDERO y MARISTELA @ "Booster," accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 118828 & 119371 | 2000-02-29

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
On 31 January 1995, the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 47, per Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion, handed down a judgment in Criminal Case No. 94-138071 and Criminal Case No. 94-138138, finding accused-appellants Henry Lagarto y Petilla (hereafter LAGARTO) and Ernesto Cordero y Maristela (hereafter CORDERO) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of raping and slaying seven-year old Angel Alquiza y Lagman (hereafter Angel) in the early hours of 2 August 1994. They were initially sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua in each case with damages. In our Decision of 12...