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PEOPLE vs. Canumay, Andres, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANDRES CANUMAY, ET AL., defendants, VICTOR BATERNA, NELSON POTESTAS, JAVIER FERNANDEZ, AGAPITO BAUTISTA, ANTONIO ABATAYO, RICARDO PATIHAN, EGLECERIO DURANO, and BUENAVENTURA TAGBACAOLA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-29181 | 1984-07-09

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

Invoking the constitutional presumption of innocence which the prosecution allegedly failed to overturn, appellants Nelson Potestas, Agapito Bautista, Buenaventura Tagbacaola and Javier Fernandez seek reversal of the judgment of the then Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental, sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for the crime of robbery with homicide and serious physical injuries.

In the evening of October 31, 1966, Gliceria Tolero Rudines, 63, and her granddaughter Gerarda Rudines, 18, were in their house at Bo. Mangga, Tangub, Misamis Occidental, preparing "bibingka" for the...