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PEOPLE vs Vicente Garcia Turtoga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE GARCIA TURTOGA alias "RICKY," DOMINADOR REGANA alias "JUN MARGALLO," and 3 JOHN DOES, accused, / VICENTE GARCIA TURTOGA alias "RICKY," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 135536 | 2002-06-06

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated September 4, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court of Parañaque, Branch 274, in Criminal Case No. 94-0398, as follows:

WHEREFORE, this Court finds the accused Vicente Turtoga alias "Ricky" GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT of the crime of ROBBERY WITH HOMICIDE and HEREBY SENTENCES HIM TO SUFFER THE PENALTY OF RECLUSION PERPETUA.
SO ORDERED.[2]

Appellant Vicente Turtoga alias "Ricky," with Dominador Regana alias "Jun Margallo" and three John Does, were charged with the crime of Robbery with Homicide. The Information[3] dated March 9, 1994 reads:

That on or about the...