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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Manipula, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FILOTEO MANIPULA, FERNANDO AZUCENA, QUIRINO AZUCENA, JOAQUIN LAUTRISO, and LEOPOLDO AZUCENA, accused. FERNANDO AZUCENA and QUIRINO AZUCENA, appellants.

G.R. No. L-27608 | 1973-07-06

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

Automatic review and appeal of the death sentences imposed by the Iloilo court of first instance upon the accused-appellants Quirino Azucena and Fernando Azucena for the crime of robbery with homicide.

The Court reverses and sets aside the trial court's judgment for utter insufficiency of the evidence of the prosecution in accordance with the recommendation of the Solicitor-General.

The information for robbery in band with homicide was originally filed against the five above-named accused for having allegedly killed the spouses Modesto Ayusip and Visitacion Manipula in the evening of March 10, 1965 in...