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PEOPLE vs. Librado Carias, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LIBRADO CARIAS, et al., accused, LIBRADO CARIAS and FELICISIMO MARTINEZ, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-35853 | 1983-06-24

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is an automatic review of a decision of the defunct Court of First Instance of Leyte in Criminal Case No. 558 which imposed the death penalty on FELICISIMO MARTINEZ and LIBRADO CARIAS. The same decision adjudged the two to pay solidarily Quiteria Calda the sum of P5,000,00 and another sum of P1,000.00 to Quiteria and her husband Rufino Gregorio for the value of the things stolen from them and the costs.

Originally charged were five named persons and ten John Does of the crime of robbery in band with rape and less serious physical injuries. However, the prosecution moved to dismiss provisionally the...