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PEOPLE vs Arnold Ramirez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARNOLD RAMIREZ y ESPLANA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136094 | 2001-04-20

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 66, in Criminal Case No. 98-1541, convicting accused-appellant of the crime of robbery with homicide and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

The information against accused-appellant reads:

That on or about the 8th day of September, 1997 in the City of Makati, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, by means of force and violence and with intent of (sic) gain and without the consent of the owners thereof, did then and there wilfully,...