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PEOPLE Vs. Benedicto M. Dapitan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENEDICTO DAPITAN y MARTIN, @ "Benny" and FRED DE GUZMAN, accused. BENEDICTO DAPITAN y MARTIN @ "Benny", accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Public Attorney's Office for accused appellant.

G.R. No. 90625 | 1991-05-23

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Rizal (Branch 75, San Mateo) 4th Judicial Region, finding the accused-appellant guilty of the crime of Robbery with Homicide and sentencing him to:

". . . suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, and to pay the heirs of the victim Rolando Amil in the amount of Thirty Thousand (P30,000.00) Pesos, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency." 1

Only the accused-appellant was tried. His co-accused, Fred de Guzman, remained at large and the court ordered the archival of the case as against him, to be revived upon his arrest.

The...