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People vs. Toling

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO TOLING alias IKONG, ROGELIO COMETA alias CELIO, CANDELARIO BOLANDO alias DODO, ROLANDO COMETA alias LANDO, EMILIO TOLING AND HILARIO GAHITO, defendants, ROGELIO COMETA alias CELIO, ROLANDO C

G.R. No. L-28548 | 1979-07-13

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Automatic review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga del Sur, dated December 1, 1967, in Criminal Case No. 3141, in view of the capital punishment imposed on Rolando Cometa, Rogelio Cometa and Candelario Bolando. The sentence reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds Francisco Toling, Rolando Cometa, Rogelio Cometa, Candelario Bolando, and Hilario Gahito guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Robbery in Band with Homicide, and appreciating the aggravating circumstances of in band, nocturnity, dwelling, and treachery regarding the killing of Isabelo Caseres, with no...