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PEOPLE vs Tobias Ribadajo, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TOBIAS RIBADAJO, ROMEO CORPUZ, FEDERICO BASAS, ROSENDO ANOR and RODOLFO TORRES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-40294 | 1986-07-11

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

The death penalty having been imposed by the then Circuit Criminal Court of Pasig, Rizal, in Criminal Case No. CCC-VII-1329-Rizal for Murder, the case is now before us for automatic review.

There were originally six (6) accused: Tobias Ribadajo, Romeo Corpuz, Federico Basas, Rosendo Anor, Rodolfo Torres and Loreto Rivera, all inmates of the New Bilibid Prison at Muntinlupa, Rizal. One of them, however, Loreto Rivera, died during the pendency of the case.

We find the facts of the case, as narrated in the Decision of the Trial Court, borne by the evidence, thus:

"From the evidence on record, it is...