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PEOPLE Vs. Virgilio Caabay, Esteban Caabay, Rodrigo "Ludring" Caabay, Valentino "Cool" Caabay And Isidro "Boyet" Caabay, Accused, / Virgilio Caabay, Esteban Caabay, Valentino "Cool" Caabay And Isidro "Boyet" Caabay

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. VIRGILIO CAABAY, ESTEBAN CAABAY, RODRIGO “LUDRING” CAABAY, VALENTINO “COOL” CAABAY and ISIDRO “BOYET” CAABAY, accused, / VIRGILIO CAABAY, ESTEBAN CAABAY, VALENTINO “COOL” CAABAY and ISIDRO “BOYET” CAABAY, appellants.

G.R. Nos. 129961-62 | 2003-08-25

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an automatic review of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Branch 46, convicting the appellants with double murder for the deaths of Paulino Urbano and his son Aliguer Urbano, sentencing them to double death by lethal injection, and directing them to pay, jointly and severally, civil indemnity in the total amount of P100,000.00.

The Indictments

On August 9, 1994, an Information was filed with the RTC of Occidental Mindoro, docketed as Criminal Case Nos. R-3733, charging the appellants and Rodrigo Caabay with murder, qualified by abuse of superior...