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People of the Philippines Vs. Bernardino Gaffud, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus BERNARDINO GAFFUD, JR., Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 168050 | 2008-09-19

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, C.J.:

For review before this Court is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated March 31, 2005 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00060 finding the accused-appellant Bernardino Gaffud, Jr. guilty of the complex crime of double murder and sentencing him to death, affirming with modification the Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) dated August 28, 2002 in Criminal Case No. 1125.

The facts of this case were aptly summarized by the CA as follows:

Records show that accused-appellant Bernardino Gaffud, Jr., along with two John Does were indicted for Double Murder for the killing of Manuel Salvador and Analyn Salvador,...