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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Pacala, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AQUILINO PACALA and TRANQUILINO PACALA, JR. alias CHACOY, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26647 | 1974-08-15

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Automatic Review of the Death Penalty imposed by the Court of First Instance of Samar, Branch I, 13th Judicial District, upon Cipriano Saberon, Patricio Pacala and Aquilino Pacala, and appeal of the sentence of reclusion perpetua imposed by the same court upon Tranquilino Pacala, Jr., for the death of Jose Bacsal, in Criminal Case No. 6897, for Robbery with Homicide.

During the pendency of this appeal, appellants Cipriano Saberon and Patricio Pacala died in the New Bilibid Prisons, Muntinlupa, Rizal, the former as an aftermath of a riot committed in prison and the latter as a consequence of sickness, and the...