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PEOPLE Vs. Mauricio Plaga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAURICIO PLAGA, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Gaudencio J. Tuliao, Jr. for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 73462 | 1991-09-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

In an information filed on January 14, 1981, accused-appellant Mauricio Plaga, together with three other persons known only by their aliases and who have remained at large, was charged before the then Court of First Instance of Agusan del Sur with the crime of robbery with homicide and rape. **

When arraigned, accused-appellant, assisted by counsel de oficio pleaded not guilty. In due course, the trial court rendered its judgment of conviction on August 27, 1985 and sentenced accused-appellant Plaga to death and ordered him to pay P30,000.00 to the heirs of the deceased Hermoso Franco, P30,000.00 to the...