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Arcadio Cortez, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

ARCADIO CORTEZ y VENGZON, PAULINO SAMPANG y BUNGUE, petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-32246-48 | 1988-06-30

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review are the decision of the Court of Appeals dated May 26, 1970 affirming the conviction of petitioners for homicide in Criminal Cases Nos. 4376 and 4377 and less serious physical injuries in Criminal Case No. 4375, and the resolution of June 25, 1970 denying petitioners' motion for reconsideration. This case was considered submitted for decision on April 7, 1972.

Petitioners Arcadio Cortez, Paulino Sampang and one Benjamin Villanueva were charged with the crime of murder for the deaths of Escolastica Pingol and Luis Baltazar and frustrated murder for the injuries sustained...