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Virgilio V. Sacay vs. Sandiganbayan

VIRGILIO V. SACAY, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN, respondent.

G.R. Nos. L-66497-98 | 1986-07-10

D E C I S I O N


FERIA, J:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Sandiganbayan. Although petitioner did not join the People of the Philippines as party respondent, it is necessarily impleaded as such. Petitioner was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two (2) separate crimes of homicide in the dispositive portion of the decision which reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, in Criminal Case No. 503, accused PAT. VIRGILIO SACAY Y VALDEZ is hereby found guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principal of the crime of HOMICIDE, defined and penalized under Article 249 of the Revised Penal Code.

"With the aggravating...