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People vs. C. Padua, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-appellee, versus CHRISTOPHER (Popop) PADUA, ALEJANDRO (Andoy) PADUA and MICHAEL (Mike or Meke) DULLAVIN, Accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 169075 | 2007-02-23

D E C I S I O N
 


GARCIA, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] dated February 21, 2005 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 00262 which affirmed, with modification, an earlier decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of San Pedro, Laguna, Branch 31, in Criminal Case No. 0055-SPL, finding appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape With Homicide and sentencing them to suffer the extreme penalty of death.

Pursuant to our pronouncement in People v. Mateo[3] which modified the provisions of the Rules of Court insofar as they provide for direct appeals from the RTC to this Court in cases where the...