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People vs. Bariquit et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO SASAN BARIQUIT, CRISTITUTO SASAN BARIQUIT, BASELINO LASCUNA REPE, EMEGDIO LASCUNA, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122733 | 2000-10-02

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

In many ways - three times to be exact-the prosecution in the instant case, through the testimony of state witness Rogelio Lascuña, shatters the long-time aphorism that blood is thicker than water.

On appeal via automatic review is the decision [1] of the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City, Branch 18, in Criminal Case No. CBU-35462, dated 30 June 1995, as modified by its order [2] dated 20 July 1995, finding accused-appellants Pedro Bariquit, Cristituto Bariquit, and Emegdio Lascuña guilty of the special complex crime of Robbery with Homicide and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of death.

In its...