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PEOPLE vs Epie Arlalejo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EPIE ARLALEJO y CAPUCANAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127841 | 2000-06-16

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

For Simplicio Manongas, death came in the hands of thieves in the night. Indicted for his killing on the occasion of the robbery committed in the house of spouses Emiliano and Bernardita Manongas were Epie Arlalejo y Capucanan, Jerry Albasin and one Junior Doe. Accused Albasin was acquitted, while accused Junior Doe remains at large. Only appellant Arlalejo was convicted and sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of death.

The Information against them reads:

"That on the 12th day of February, 1995, at about 10:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less, in sitio Sihagan, barangay Uba, municipality of Cortes,...