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People Vs. Benito Cruz, Et Al.113 Phil. 205

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENITO CRUZ, ET AL., defendants. FERMIN TOLENTINO, BENITO CRUZ and PATERNO CRUZ, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-11870 | 1961-10-16

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

Appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal convicting appellants Paterno Cruz and Benito Cruz of "rebellion with robbery with homicide", and appellant Fermin Tolentino of "rebellion with arson, with murder and robbery". The case is before us, the penalty imposed upon appellants being life imprisonment. 

On or about November 23, 1953, the Provincial Fiscal of Rizal filed with the Court of First Instance of said province an information accusing said appellants, together with Elpidio Gantan (alias Marco Polo, alias Acosta, alias Maralva), Domingo de la Torre (alias Meding,...