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People vs. Puno y Mañalac

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO PUNO Y MA?ALAC, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31594 | 1974-04-29

D E C I S I O N
 


AQUINO, J:

Romeo Puno appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, convicting him of robbery with homicide, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of Agustin Oyong in the sum of P12,150 and to pay thirty pesos to Magdaleno Enorasa and the costs (Criminal Case No. 91378).

The robbery in this case was perpetrated inside a passenger jeepney. Appellant Puno admits that he robbed Enorasa by means of intimidation, while his companion, Pablo Tenarife (Bayoc), who is at large, robbed another passenger, Agustin Oyong, and shot him afterwards. Although Puno did not hold...