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People vs. Caramonte

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS CARAMONTE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31866 | 1979-11-07

D E C I S I O N

ABAD SANTOS, J:

On December 31, 1967, armed men sacked two places in Negros Occidental: Toboso town, in the early morning; and Cadiz City in the evening. For the raid on Toboso, the Circuit Criminal Court at Bacolod City, in Criminal Case No. CCC-XII-27, found the accused Carlos Caramonte guilty of robbery in band with multiple homicide and less serious physical injuries, and sentenced him to death. But for the raid on Cadiz City, the Court of First Instance, Branch I, at Silay City, in Criminal Case No. 690, acquitted the same accused Caramonte. This is an appeal from the judgment of conviction.
At the time the trial of...