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PEOPLE vs. ERWIN T. OTAYDE alias Boy Otayde, JIMMY B. QUINTANA alias Otto, CABAGUE MAMA and KUMAYOG M. PANANSARAN alias Rambo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ERWIN T. OTAYDE alias Boy Otayde, JIMMY B. QUINTANA alias Otto, CABAGUE MAMA and KUMAYOG M. PANANSARAN alias Rambo, appellants.

G.R. No. 140227 | 2003-11-28

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

For automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of the Twelfth Judicial Region, Branch 19, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, finding appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of robbery with homicide and assault upon a person in authority, and imposing upon them the extreme penalty of death.

The information charging appellants with the aforesaid offenses alleged:

That on or about 8:00 o'clock in the evening of March 29, 1997, at Barangay Keytodak, Municipality of Lebak, Province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, in company with...