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Facts: While coming from the Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses common-law spouses Violeta and Clark, knocked on the main door of their house but got no response. Clark went to the back of their house and stoned the window of the room occupied by their 6 year old son and the housemaid to make their presence known. Violeta continued knocking on the front door when the accused hurriedly opened the door and went out of the house. When the spouses entered the house Clark discovered the bodies of their son and the housemaid in the bathroom. Violeta was able to clearly identify the accused since she knows them, namely Bracamonte, Reginaldo, and Lapan. The accused were found guilty of double homicide, without any aggravating circumstance. Issue: WON the lower court erred in disregarding the aggravating circumstance of age and morada or dwelling. Ruling: Yes. Jay Vee the son was barely 6 years old when ruthlessly stabbed 14 times before his body was submerged in the pail. The trial court also erred in disregarding morada or dwelling which aggravated the crime inasmuch the crime took place and was committed by the accused showed greater perversity in the deliberate invasion of the tranquillity and privacy of the familys domicile.