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People vs.Sevilla [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ADORACION SEVILLA y JOSON @ BABY and JOEL GASPAR y CABRAL, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 124077 | 2000-09-05

D E C I S I O N
 
PURISIMA, J.:
 
For automatic review here is a decision[1]  handed down by Branch 26[2]  of the Regional Trial Court in Cabanatuan City, convicting appellants Adoracion Sevilla y Joson @ Baby and Joel Gaspar y Cabral for violation of Section 8, Article II, Republic Act No. 6425[3]  as amended by Republic Act No. 7659,[4]  and sentencing both appellants to the supreme penalty of death.

Filed on September 17, 1995 by Prosecutor Amelia C. Tiu, the Information indicting the appellants, Adoracion Sevilla y Joson @ Baby and Joel Gaspar y Cabral, alleges:
 
“That on or about the 15th day of...