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PEOPLE. Vs. Simplicio Maribung, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SIMPLICIO MARIBUNG and JOEL ALAGIA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-47500 | 1987-04-29

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the then CFI of Cagayan * finding Simplicio Maribung and Joel Alagia guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of robbery with homicide aggravated by treachery and uninhabited place, and accordingly sentencing them to the death penalty.

The prosecution sets forth the facts of the case as follows:

On May 11, 1974, Edgardo Calaoan of Linao, Cagayan, went to Centro, Aparri, to attend the town fiesta carnival. At the carnival grounds, he met Vicente Baniel who invited him to watch the coronation ceremonies for Miss Aparri at the auditorium.

After the coronation...