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PEOPLE vs. Roberto Cruz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-37173 | 1984-11-29

D E C I S I O N


DE LA FUENTE, J.:

Automatic review of the judgment rendered in Criminal Case No. 0200-V (CFI-Bulacan) 1 wherein the accused Roberto Cruz was found "guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principal of the crime of robbery with homicide as defined in Art. 294, paragraph 1, of the Revised Penal Code with the aggravating circumstance of robbery in band with the use of unlicensed firearms as defined in Art. 296 and without any mitigating circumstance." He was accordingly sentenced to suffer the "penalty of DEATH, to indemnify the heirs of Ricardo Cruz in the amount of P12,000.00 and to pay the costs of suit." 2

The pertinent...