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PEOPLE vs. Juanito Calixtro, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUANITO CALIXTRO y BERNARDO, APOLINARIO MARTINEZ y SEBOLLE?O, PETRONILO MERCADO y SANTOS, ALBERTO KATIGBAK y DIMAANO and JUAN MERCADO y LORSANO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-32794 | 1983-07-15

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is a case of robbery in band with homicide. Strangely enough the two persons who were killed were not robbery victims, innocent by-standers or mere strangers; they were members of the band. The amount stolen was the paltry sum of P150.00.

In Criminal Case No. CCC-VIII-29(70)-Batangas, of the defunct Circuit Criminal Court, of the Eighth Judicial District, accused JUANITO CALIXTRO y BERNARDO, APOLINARIO MARTINEZ y SEBOLLEá'O, JUAN MERCADO y LORSANO, ALBERTO KATIGBAK y DIMAANO and PETRONILO MERCADO y SANTOS were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the following charge:

"That on or about the 16th...