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PEOPLE vs. Samson Robin, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SAMSON ROBIN, ET AL., accused, PANFILO CAONTI, ZOSIMO NAVALE, and ROBERTO REAS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-51528 | 1981-11-12

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Automatic review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Leyte imposing the death penalty on the above named appellants for the crime of robbery with multiple homicide, aggravated by nighttime, dwelling and band.

The facts as recited in Appellee's brief, based on the evidence of the prosecution, are as follows:

"In the evening of August 21, 1975, Samson Robin went to the house of Celestino Gaviola in Bo. Anibongon, Abuyong, Leyte, purportedly to sell lumber to Virgilio Gaviola, the son of Celestino Gaviola. In the house at the time were Celestino Gaviola's wife Enrica America, his daughters...