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People vs Edralin Taboga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDRALIN TABOGA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 144086-87 | 2002-02-06

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Francisca Tubon, a widowed septuagenarian, was robbed, stabbed and burned beyond recognition when her house built of strong materials was set on fire.

For the commission of the above felonies, Edralin Taboga was charged in Criminal Case No. 1818-K with Robbery with Homicide in an Information[1] which reads as follows:

That on or about the 1st day of April 1998, in the municipality of Magsingal, province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, with intent to gain, and with violence against person[s], did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and...