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PEOPLE vs. George Ramirez, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GEORGE RAMIREZ and FERNANDO BARDAJI, accused whose death sentence is under review.

G.R. No. L-64316 | 1984-10-31

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the death penalty imposed by the Manila Regional Trial Court on George Ramirez and Fernando Bardaji. They were convicted of robbery with homicide and ordered to pay solidarily the heirs of the spouses Epifanio T. Magundayao and Magdalena Hernandez an indemnity of P24,200.

Appellant Bernardo Aboga was convicted of the same offense. Due to his minority, he was sentenced to 12 years and 1 day as minimum to 20 years of reclusion temporal as maximum. He died in prison on November 3, 1983.

Epifanio, 65, and his wife Magdalena, 64, were found dead in the morning of August 23, 1980 at...