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People vs. Ogapay, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAXIMO OGAPAY, AGRIPINO BUCOL, and ENRIQUE VILLAMERO, defendants, AGRIPINO BUCOL and ENRIQUE VILLAMERO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-28566 | 1975-08-21

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

There are indications in this appeal from a judgment of conviction for the crime of murder that the offense is traceable to the bitterness arising from a dispute over a lot, landgrabbing being alleged, as well as resentment on the part of the accused, now appellant Enrique Villamero, against the victim, Wenceslao Laraño, his own godson, for the latter's failure to support his candidate for the office of congressman in the 1965 elections. The other appellant, Agripino Bucol, is a son-in-law. So is the other accused, Maximo Ogapay, who pleaded guilty as well as surrendered voluntarily and was sentenced...