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United States Vs. Juan Bogel

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN BOGEL, (alias CATALIN) ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-2957 | 1907-01-03

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The guilt of the accused of the crime of robbery with which they were charged was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. It was further proven that one of the accused, on the occasion of the robbery, stabbed a woman named Fabiana in one eye, and that as a result of the wound thus inflicted she lost the use of the eye.

The trial court imposed the penalty prescribed in paragraph 2 of article 503 of the Penal Code, but we are of opinion that the penalty which should have been imposed is that prescribed in paragraph 3 of said article.

Paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 503 are as follows:

"One guilty of robbery with...