Examining the relevant legal principles and evidence duly admitted, the lower court did not err by exceeding the bounds of the principle of free evaluation of evidence in violation of logical and empirical rules, or by misapprehending the legal principles on the criminal intent, joint principal offense, illegality of investigation procedures, and the voluntariness of confession, without failing to exhaust all necessary deliberations to determine the guilty of the facts charged in the instant case on

Therefore, the appeal is dismissed. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices on the bench.