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PEOPLE vs. Rogelio Francisco, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO FRANCISCO, BALDOMINO FRANCISCO AND JOHN DOE AND PETER DOE, accused-appellants

G.R. No. 106097 | 1994-07-21

D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J p:

No less than a miracle could have saved Demetrio de la Cruz as he lay sprawled on the ground with blood still oozing from his head. He was dead, of course. There had been no miracle to stanch the blood that inexorably drained his life on the spot where he had fallen.

Subsequent police investigation pointed to four men as his killers, namely, Rogelio Francisco, Baldomino Francisco, Johnny Claro, and Boyet Francisco. All of them were charged with murder 1 but only the first two could be tried as the other two were (and are presumably still) at large. After trial, Rogelio Francisco and Baldomino Francisco were...