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Julio Marco vs. Court Of Appeals, et al.

JULIO MARCO, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 117561 | 1997-06-11

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J:

JULIO MARCO was found by the trial court guilty of robbery in band. The Court of Appeals affirmed the decision in toto. We are now called upon to review his conviction.

On 5 March 1989 Estela Ilan and her four sons, Jimmy, Joseph, Jonathan and Pepito Jr., together with their neighbors Susana Salsaba and Joel Alex, were gathered in the terrace of the Ilan residence situated in Brgy. Pook, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Pepito A. Ilan, husband of Estela, was watching television in the living room. Suddenly five (5) armed men barged in looking for Pepito. When Estela asked who they were the men pushed all of them into...