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People vs. Tingson, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE TINGSON and PRUDENCIO HAPITAN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-31228 | 1972-10-24

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J:

Automatic review of the death sentence imposed on the accused-appellants by the Court of First Instance of South Cotabato in its decision of May 2, 1969 convicting them of the crime of murder and sentencing them to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Peñaflor Briones in the sum of P12,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The information filed on July 14, 1958 by the provincial fiscal charged that on May 18, 1958 in the barrio of New Dumangas, municipality of Banga, Cotabato province, the two accused "conspiring, confederating together and mutually helping each other, with deliberate intent to kill, did then...