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PEOPLE vs Agudez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EUFROCINO[1] AGUDEZ y ASIONG "OPRING", RONILO AGUDEZ y COCOY "DANILO", RICARDO AGUDEZ y COCOY "OLONG", FERNANDO AGUDEZ y COCOY (at large), PAQUITO KATIMPO y INGGO "KITOY" (at large), accused. EUFROCINO AGUDEZ y ASIONG "OPRING", RONILO AGUDEZ y COCOY "DANILO" RICARDO AGUDEZ y COCOY "OLONG", accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 138386-87 | 2004-05-20

D E C I S I O N




AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us for automatic review is the consolidated decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Kalibo, Aklan, Branch 2, in Criminal Cases Nos. 5176 and 5177 convicting appellant Eufrocino Agudez and his two sons, appellants Ronilo Agudez and Ricardo Agudez of two counts of murder and sentencing each of them to suffer the supreme penalty of death for each count.

Appellants were apprehended by police authorities on June 27, 1998. They were charged with murder in two separate Informations both dated June 29, 1998 together with Fernando Agudez and Paquito Katimpo, son and son-in-law of appellant...