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PEOPLE vs Romeo R. Mendoza, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO MENDOZA y REYES and JAIME REJALI y LINA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 104461 | 1996-02-23

PANGANIBAN, J.:


The main question answered in this case is whether the accused should be convicted of highway robbery with homicide punishable under Presidential Decree No. 532, or of robbery with homicide under Article 294 of the Revised Penal Code.

Appellants Romeo Mendoza and Jaime Rejali were charged on June 17, 1991 before the Regional Trial Court in Pasig, Metro Manila (Branch 156) of the crime of "ROBBERY HOLD-UP (sic) with HOMICIDE (P.D. No. 532, Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highwat (sic) Robbery Law of 1974)" 1 in an Information which reads as follows:

That on or about the 29th day of May 1991, in the municipality of San Juan, Metro...