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PEOPLE vs Castanito Gano, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CASTANITO GANO Y SAGUYONG a.k.a JERRY PEREZ, ALLAN PEREZ, ALLAN SAGUYONG and JERRY GANO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134373 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

With blood and gore akin to the butchery of swine in slaughterhouses Castanito Gano mercilessly hacked his three (3) victims and robbed them of their few earthly possessions. But, as may be gleaned from the theories of the parties, the core issue now before us is whether the three (3) killings should be appreciated as separate aggravating circumstances to warrant the imposition of the penalty of death.

This is an automatic review of the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of San Mateo, Rizal, convicting CASTANITO GANO Y SAGUYONG of the crime of robbery with homicide and sentencing him to suffer the...