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PEOPLE vs. Apolonio S. Adriano, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. APOLONIO ADRIANO Y SANGUESA, MARIO SAN DIEGO Y RONQUILLO, LEONARDO BERNARDO Y GONZALES (at large), MARIANO DOMINGO Y LUMAGUE, PEDRO BERNARDO Y GONZALES, and GERVACIO SANTOS Y CAHATOL (deceased), defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-25975-77 | 1980-01-22

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

For automatic review by this Court is the judgment of conviction rendered by the Court of First Instance of Manila in Criminal Cases Nos. 72284, 72333, and 72500 which imposed the penalty of death on Apolonio Adriano, Leonardo Bernardo, Mariano Domingo, Mario San Diego, for the crime of robbery with homicide, and lesser penalties on Anastacio Adriano, for robbery only, and on Pedro Bernardo and Gervacio Santos, as accessories. Gervacio Santos however, died on October 17, 1971, and the case was dismissed as against him by Resolution dated August 30, 1973 (p. 522, Rollo).

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