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PEOPLE vs. Carlos R. Maternal, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS R. MATERNAL, EMILIO G. AMAR, JR., ZOSIMO IGAO and NORBERTO RELOJAS, accused, CARLOS R. MATERNAL, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-37482 | 1984-07-25

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Mandatory review of the decision rendered in Criminal Case No. 4337 of the then Court of First Instance of Palawan, entitled, "People vs. Carlos R. Maternal, Emilio G. Amar, Jr., Zosimo Igao, alias 'Sosing' and Norberto Relojas, alias 'Ovit'", the dispositive portion of which reads:

"The information filed is 'robbery in band with murder.' However, the facts as established in Maternal's extra-judicial confession is only simple robbery with homicide, there being no more than three armed men who appeared to have participated in the commission of the offense. The penalty for this crime is reclusion perpetua to...