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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Aquino

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUPERTO AQUINO, alias "Pitong," et al., defendants. RUPERTO AQUINO, alias "Pitong," defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27184 | 1974-05-21

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The trial court's conviction of the accused-appellant Ruperto Aquino of the crime of robbery with homicide is hereby affirmed. His guilt has been duly established beyond reasonable doubt by the positive testimony of his co-accused Jose Fabro who was discharged from the information and utilized as a state witness at his trial, as corroborated by the extra-judicial confession of a third co-accused Manuel Mangsat who withdrew an earlier plea of not guilty and instead pleaded guilty to the same crime and is now serving the same sentence of reclusion perpetua and by the other supportive evidence of the...