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People Vs. Severino Corpuz, Et Al.110 Phil. 633

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEVERINO CORPUZ, ET AL., defendants. LUIS ARDANIEL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-10104 | 1961-01-28

D E C I S I O N 


DIZON, J.: 

In Criminal Case No. 385 of the Court of First Instance of Abra, Severino Corpuz, Luis Ardaniel and two other unidentified persons were charged with the crime of robbery with homicide, while Pascual Gallardo was accused of the same offense in Criminal Case No. 406 of the same court. Upon arraignment all of them pleaded not guilty. After a joint trial, the court acquitted Gallardo on the ground of reasonable doubt, while it found Corpuz and Ardaniel guilty as charged and sentenced them as follows: 

"IN VIEW OF ALL THE FOREGOING, the Court finds the accused Severino Corpuz and Luis Ardaniel, in...