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PEOPLE vs Rolly Pagador

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLLY PAGADOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 140006-10 | 2001-04-20

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

ROLLY PAGADOR was charged with two (2) counts of murder for hacking to death the spouses Herminigildo and Magdalena Mendez,[1] and with three (3) counts of frustrated murder for the physical injuries sustained by Shirley Mendez, Rosalinda Mendez and Emily Mendez -Castro.[2]

The spouses Herminigildo and Magdalena Mendez were poor but hardworking peasants of Alaminos, Pangasinan. The elderly couple had to toil long and hard in the fields to support their seven (7) children. Ricardo, the eldest and only son, was an invalid; Emily was married; and, with the exception of Shirley who was only ten (10) years...