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PEOPLE vs. Madrigal Torino 120 Phil. 291

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MADRIGAL TORINO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 18767 and L-18789-90 | 1964-05-30

D E C I S I O N 


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.: 

 Madrigal Torino, together with others who are still at large, were accused before the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Norte of three separate crimes, namely, (1) robbery in band with homicide (Criminal Case No. 3111), (2) robbery (Criminal Case No. 3138), and (3) robbery in band with serious physical injuries (Criminal Case No. 3268). While these offenses were committed on different dates against different persons, necessitating separate trials, however, since the defendant made use of the same defense in all of them, the court a quo deemed it proper to hand down only one...