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PEOPLE vs Paramil, dela Cruz, Osotio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCOS PARAMIL y CARURUCAN, DANILO DELA CRUZ y VICENTE and WILLIAM OSOTIO @ "IYOK," accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 128056-57 | 2000-03-31

D E C I S I O N

KAPUNAN, J.:

On automatic review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Tayug, Pangasinan, Branch 52, convicting the accused-appellants Marcos Paramil y Carurucan, Danilo dela Cruz y Vicente and William Osotio @ "Iyok" of Murder and Carnapping, and sentencing each of them to suffer the death penalty. The dispositive portion of the joint decision of Judge Pedro C. Cacho in Criminal Case Nos. T-1698 and T-1699 reads as follows:

WHEREFORE, based from the foregoing disquisitions, the Court finds all three (3) accused GUILTY of Murder beyond reasonable doubt with the aggravating circumstance of superior strength,...