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People vs. Dahil

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO DAHIL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-30271 | 1979-06-15

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch XI, in Criminal Case No. 15893, convicting the defendant-appellant Leonardo Dahil of the crime of qualified theft and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua. 1

The record discloses that in the morning of October 6, 1966, former Assistant City Fiscal, now Municipal Judge, Benjamin Abalos discovered that his 4-door sedan, Toyota Crown de Luxe, Model 1966 with a value then of P15,400.00 was not on the driveway of his house in Mandaluyong, Rizal, where he had parked it the day before. Realizing that his car...