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PEOPLE. Vs. Arsenio D. Tolentino

PEOPLE OF PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARSENIO TOLENTINO Y DORIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-59097 | 1988-09-20

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This case was originally an automatic review of a sentence imposing the death penalty. Subsequent to the commutation of the death penalty to reclusion perpetua pursuant to Art. III, Sec. 19 (1) of the 1987 Constitution, the accused manifested his desire to continue the case as an appealed case.

Arsenio Tolentino y Doria was charged with the crime of Robbery with Homicide in an Information which reads:

"That on or about April 20, 1979, in the City of Manila, Philippines the said accused conspiring and confederating together with others whose true names, identities and present whereabouts are still...