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PEOPLE vs Vicente Hilot (Deceased) And Patrocinio Bihag, Jr., Accused, Patrocinio Bihag, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE HILOT (Deceased) and PATROCINIO BIHAG, JR., accused, PATROCINIO BIHAG, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129532 | 2000-10-05

D E C I S I O N


QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated March 18, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Oroquieta City, Branch 26, in Criminal Case No. 1275, finding appellant Patrocinio Bihag, Jr., guilty of murder, with the aggravating circumstance of dwelling, and sentencing him to death.

In an Information dated June 27, 1996, Vicente Hilot and Patrocinio Bihag, Jr., were charged with murder, allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 14th day of March 1996, at or about 10:45 in the evening, in barangay San Juan, municipality of Panaon, province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines, and within the...