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People vs. Anacleto Q. Olvis 154 SCRA 513

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANACLETO Q. OLVIS, Acquitted, ROMULO VILLAROJO, LEONARDO CADEMAS and DOMINADOR SORELA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-71092 | 1987-09-30

D E C I S I O N

SARMIENTO, J p:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court to Zamboanga Del Norte sitting in Dipolog City. 1 The case was certified to this Court on January 19, 1985 following the death sentences imposed on each of the three accused-appellants, Romulo Villarojo, Leonardo Cademas, and Dominador Sorela (the accused first-named, Anacleto Olvis, was acquitted), over which, under the Constitution then in force, 2 we exercised exclusive appellate jurisdiction. 3 With the promulgation of the 1987 Charter, abolishing the death penalty and commuting death penalties already imposed to reclusion perpetua, 4 we, on...