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PEOPLE vs Virgilio Lucena

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VIRGILIO LUCENA y SANTIAGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137281 | 2001-04-03

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

For the fatal hacking of Urbano U. Dulay and Lazaro U. Dulay, Sr., accused-appellant Virgilio Lucena y Santiago was charged with Double Murder in an Information[1] which alleges:

That on or about the 18th day of July 1995 in the Municipality of Aringay, Province of La Union, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to kill and being armed with a bolo, did then and there, by means of treachery and with evident premeditation and taking advantage of his superior strength, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, assault and use personal...