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People of the Philippines Vs. Lee Rodrigo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus LEE RODRIGO, JOHN DOE @ BUNSO, and PETER DOE @ LYN-LYN, Accused. LEE RODRIGO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 176159 | 2008-09-11

D E C I S I O N


BRION, J.:

Before us for review is the Decision[1] dated September 18, 2006 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 01531 which affirmed with modification[2] the decision dated June 27, 2005 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 11, Malolos City, Bulacan in Crim. Case No. 917-M-2001.[3] The RTC's decision found the accused-appellant Lee Rodrigo (Rodrigo) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of robbery with homicide, and sentenced him as follows:

WHEREFORE, this Court finds the herein accused, Lee Rodrigo, GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of Robbery with Homicide under Article 294, par. 1 of the...