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PEOPLE vs. Rogelio T. Andag

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO ANDAG y TAFALLA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-43618 | 1980-03-31

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, Acting C.J.:

Under automatic review is the decision rendered on February 7, 1976 by the Circuit Criminal Court of the Seventh Judicial District of Pasig, Rizal * imposing on the accused Rogelio Andag the supreme penalty of death for the crime of robbery with homicide. The Court upon a review of the record accepts the Solicitor General's recommendation for acquittal of the accused and in the absence of clear positive and direct evidence linking the accused to the commission of the crime, reverses the trial court's judgment of conviction for failure of the prosecution to discharge the burden of proving the guilt...