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People vs Arnold Bacla-an Lapitaje

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARNOLD BACLA-AN LAPITAJE, MARIO REYES, WENDEL ARELLANO y TANIO and ROMY BALUYOS y Pingki-an, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 132042 | 2003-02-19

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us for automatic review is a decision dated September 22, 1997, rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Danao City (Branch 25), the dispositive portion of which reads as follows:

WHEREFORE, the court finds accused Arnold B. Lapitaje, Mario Reyes, Wendel Arellano, and Romy Baluyos GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the special complex crime of Robbery with Homicide as charged and defined by the Revised Penal Code, and hereby sentences each to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua to death.

Accused are hereby ordered to pay jointly and severally the sum of P1,210.00, the remaining unrecovered stolen...