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PEOPLE vs. Sope

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE SOPE and MARIO CRUZ, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-16 | 1946-01-31

D E C I S I O N

JARANILLA, J:

The two appellants herein, Vicente Sope and Mario Cruz, were charged with the crime of robbery in criminal case No. 7170 of the Court of First Instance of Manila, while their companion, Tomas Dimalanta, was accused in a separate information in criminal case No. 7443 of the same court of having conspired with Vicente Sope and Mario Cruz in the commission thereof. On motion of the fiscal and without any objection from the defense, a joint trial was held of both cases, at the conclusion of which the court rendered a decision finding all the accused guilty of the crime of robbery and sentenceing each and every...