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PEOPLE vs. Rey M. Manlapaz, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REY MANLAPAZ y MANDO, CESAR MURCIA y MAGPUSAO, RENATO SANTOS y APILANES, defendants, CESAR MURCIA y MAGPUSAO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 80179 | 1990-03-19

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In an Information, dated 3 December 1981, and filed with the then Court of First Instance of Manila, Branch XXXIII, * * Rey Manlapaz y Mando, Cesar Murcia y Magpusao and Renato Santos y Apilanes were charged with Robbery with Homicide committed against the person of one Teodoro Tan y Sia on 13 September 1981. The case was docketed as Criminal Case No. 81-308. The Trial Court, after hearing, convicted all the accused of the crime charged and sentenced them to suffer reclusion perpetua, aside from other accessory penalties, in a Decision dated 21 February 1981.

During the pendency of the appeal, or...