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PEOPLE vs. Pedro T. Olapani, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO OLAPANI y TAOPA, JOSE TAOPA y OLAPANI, DOMINGO TARIN y TRESMANIO and NESTOR FRANCISCO (At large), accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 69122 | 1989-11-16

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Pedro Olapani, Jose Taopa, Domingo Tarin and Nestor Francisco were charged with the crime of robbery with homicide before the Regional Trial Court of Baguio and Benguet. 1 The indictment alleged that on or about November 6, 1980, in the City of Baguio, and acting in conspiracy with one another, they had robbed a taxi driver, Crisanto Alamar, of his day's earnings and then stabbed and killed him. Only the first three were arrested and arraigned, and after entering a plea of not guilty, stood trial. Nestor Francisco has not, it seems, been apprehended to this day. The trial resulted in a verdict of conviction,...