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PEOPLE vs. Fortunato G. Casillar, Et Al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FORTUNATO CASILLAR Y GABRIELES, ET AL., defendants; ROGELIO AMITA Y BALDORADO and DOMINICO ARMALDA Y BARTOLATA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-28132 | 1969-11-25

D E C I S I O N 


PER CURIAM: 

Automatic review of a death penalty sentence for robbery with homicide, imposed by the Court of First Instance of Manila, in its Criminal Case No. 82728, on accused Rogelio Amita y Baldorado and on Dominico Armalda y Bartolata. In the same decision, a co-accused, Fortunato Casillar y Gabrieles, was also convicted of the same felony but was meted the lesser penalty of eight (8) years of prision mayor to seventeen (17) years, four (4) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal on account of his being only 16 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime. 

The evidence for the prosecution...