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PEOPLE vs Elpedio Mercado

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELPEDIO MERCADO y HERNANDO and AURELIO ACEBRON y ADORA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 116239 | 2000-11-29

D E C I S I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
For automatic review by the court is the decision,[1] dated July 22, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 156, Pasig, convicting accused-appellants SPO2 Elpidio Mercado y Hernando and SPO1 Aurelio Acebron y Adora, of the Philippine National Police of Tanay, Rizal, of kidnapping with murder and sentencing them as follows:
 
“WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing discussions and finding the guilt of both accused to be proven beyond reasonable doubt, while the undersigned Presiding Judge does not believe in the imposition of the death penalty as a form of punishment, nevertheless, in...