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PEOPLE vs. Armando P. Seda, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARMANDO SEDA Y PUROS and RICARDO AUSTRIA Y CAAG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-44810-12 | 1984-05-21

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

These are three separate cases for (1) murder with direct assault, (2) murder and (3) attempted murder, committed on the same occasion, qualified by treachery and evident premeditation, with nocturnity deliberately sought as aggravating circumstance, filed in the Criminal Circuit Court of Batangas on August 15, 1975, against Armando Seda Y Puros and Ricardo Austria Y Caag, for the killing of Bienvenido Ariola and Edna Ariola, and the near killing of Elsa Ariola.

When arraigned on September 9, 1975, both accused, duly assisted by counsel de oficio, pleaded not guilty.

After joint trial, they were found...