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PEOPLE vs Legaspi, Franco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DENNIS LEGASPI Y CUSI, EMILIO FRANCO Y FADERAN, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 117802 | 2000-04-27

D E C I S I O N


BUENA J.:

For the robbery-slay of Police Officer Carlos Deveza and the physical injuries inflicted on Wilfredo Dazo, the Regional Trial Court of Pasay City, Branch 114 convicted accused-appellants Dennis Legaspi and Emilio Franco, in Criminal Case No. 92-2109, for the special complex crime of Robbery with Homicide.

Nursing principally the twin defenses of alibi and denial, accused-appellants now come before us to assail the trial court's decision1 [Rollo, pp. 116-132.], the decretal portion of which reads:

" Wherefore, the court finds accused Dennis Legaspi Y Cusi and Emilio Franco Y Faderan guilty beyond reasonable...