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PEOPLE vs. Damaso Sarabia, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DAMASO SARABIA, DOMINGO QUITORIANO, VIRGILIO BALDIVISO, HERMINIO BALDIVISO, FRANCISCO CRISOSTOMO, TEOTIMO CRISOSTOMO and CIRILO ADVINCULA, accused-appellants. a F. Castro & Associates counsel de oficio of Francisco and Teotimo Crisostomo and Virgilio and Herminio Baldiviso.

G.R. No. L-27422 | 1984-01-30

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

DAMASO SARABIA, FEDERICO FORONDA, DOMINGO QUITORIANO, VIRGILIO BALDIVISO, HERMINIO BALDIVISO, CIRILO ADVINCULA, TEOTIMO (TIMOTEO) CRISOSTOMO and FRANCISCO CRISOSTOMO were accused of robbery in band with double homicide in the Justice of the Peace Court of Buguey, Cagayan. A warrant for their arrest which was issued on November 14, 1960, was served the next day except on Federico Foronda who was found dead in Luga, Buguey, Cagayan.

When the case was being tried in the Court of First Instance of Cagayan, Francisco Crisostomo was released on January 25, 1964, upon posting bail for P30,000.00. On March 14,...