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PEOPLE vs. Bonifacio Tirol, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO TIROL and CIRIACO BALDESCO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-30538 | 1981-01-31

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cotabato, Branch III, in Criminal Case No. 360, dated March 31, 1969, imposing on Bonifacio Tirol and Ciriaco Baldesco the death penalty for each of the seven (7) murders and an indeterminate sentence for each of the two (2) frustrated murders.

The following facts appear uncontroverted.

In the evening of December 4, 1965, while Kosain Manibpol was sleeping with his family in their house at Kabalangasan, Matalam, Cotabato, he was awakened by the barking of their dogs. When he got up to investigate, he saw two persons outside their house who had already...