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PEOPLE vs. Salvador E. Espanol, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SALVADOR ESPANOL Y ELMERANES, Accused whose death sentence is under review, NICANOR RIVERA Y BARTOLATA and PABLITO BOMBALES Y LLABRES, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-57597-99G.R. Nos. L-57597, 57598 and 57599 | 1982-06-29

D E C I S I O N 


PER CURIAM: 

This is a case of robbery with homicide. Between two and three o'clock in the early morning of Christmas Eve, December 24, 1979, Anselma Marcelo-Arellano, 32, and her housemaid, Cirila Moscoso, 20, were feloniously killed in the master bedroom of Juan Arellano's residence located at 7855 Makati Avenue, Makati, Metro Manila. 

On the same occasion, cash and checks amounting to P140,908.50 were taken from Arellano's safe inside the bedroom and an attempt was made to choke to death his three-year-old daughter, Catherine, who was also in the bedroom. The cash and checks were recovered by the police and...