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People vs. Benigno Ang, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENIGNO ANG and ROSAURO MAGISTRADO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-62833 | 1985-10-08

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision of the then Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, Branch III, in Criminal Case No. 2205, convicting accused Benigno Ang and Rosauro Magistrado of Robbery with Homicide, and sentencing them to the supreme penalty of Death.

The facts of the case, as summarized by the trial Court and substantially reproduced in the People's Brief, read:

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"The record and the investigation of the police show that at about 10:00 o'clock in the evening of February 10, 1982, Rosauro Magistrado met an old time friend, Benigno Ang. They strolled along Elias Angeles...