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PEOPLE vs. Edward Valenzuela

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDWARD VALENZUELA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-37146 | 1984-03-05

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Appellant is one of six accused of robbery with homicide in the Court of First Instance of Rizal (Quezon City Branch) some of whom are still unidentified, while one Manolo Padilla, had a delayed trial having been pronounced unfit to undergo it for mental reasons, and another died during the trial.

This appeal is taken only by Edward Valenzuela; his co-accused Manolo Padilla, having been meted also reclusion perpetua did not appeal. 1

The facts as established by the evidence for the prosecution, and quoting from its brief, are as follows:

"At about 8:30 o'clock in the evening of October 13, 1970, two men...