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PEOPLE vs. Dicto Arpa, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DICTO ARPA and MAALUM ARPA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26789 | 1969-04-25

D E C I S I O N 


TEEHANKEE, J.: 

Automatic review by this Court of the death penalty imposed by the trial court on the accused for the crime of Robbery with Triple Homicide. 

In the information filed before the Court of First Instance of Davao, the accused, Dicto Arpa and Maalum Arpa, was charged with the crime of Robbery with Triple Homicide (Criminal Case No. 9694) alleged to have been committed as follows: 

"That on or about February 20, 1966, in the City of Davao, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-mentioned accused, having boarded a motor banca named "MAMI I," owned by Epimaco...