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People of the Philippines Vs. Florenda Castro and Christopher Talita

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,versus FLORENDA CASTRO and CHRISTOPHER TALITA,Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 172370 | 2008-10-06

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

THE BRUTAL crimes of parricide and murder are on target in this automatic review of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming with modification that of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Malolos, Bulacan. The RTC found appellant Florenda Castro guilty of parricide and murder for the death of her husband and father-in-law, respectively, and her co-appellant Christopher Talita liable for two counts of murder, sentencing them to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

The Facts

On May 17, 1998, appellant Christopher Talita contracted the services of the victims Elpidio and Alfredo Castro,...