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PEOPLE vs. Teodoro Bonola

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. TEODORO BONOLA y DELA CRUZ, JOVEN FULGADO (at large), and alias DIDOY (at large), accused, TEODORO BONOLA y DELA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116394 | 1997-06-19

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J:

Appellant TEODORO BONOLA Y DELA CRUZ was convicted of robbery with homicide by the Regional Trial Court of Malolos, Bulacan (Branch XVI). 1 He was sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of death. He pleads for his acquittal on the grounds that his extrajudicial confession was obtained without the assistance of counsel and the circumstantial evidence against him cannot support his conviction.

The Amended Information 2 against appellant Teodoro Bonola, Joven Fulgado, 3 a certain alias "Didoy", and accessory-after-the fact Rodolfo Muñoz y Mamaril, states:

"That on or about the 12th day of November, 1979,...