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PEOPLE vs. Narciso Pizarro

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NARCISO PIZARRO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-36445 | 1984-08-28

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Automatic review of the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Cagayan, in Criminal Case No. 124-S (71), sentencing herein appellant to double death, to pay the heirs of the victims the sum of P24,000.00 as indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages and to pay the costs.

In the evening of June 6, 1971, spouses Teodoro Taban and Maria Pescador were killed inside their home at Kinalian, Allacapan, Cagayan. They sustained gunshot and stab wounds. The gunshot wounds were caused by a gun with bullets containing many pellets; on the other hand, the stab wounds were caused by a sharp pointed instrument. This...