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PEOPLE vs Constantino Pecardal

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CONSTANTINO PECARDAL, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 71381 | 1986-11-24

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J:

The accused-appellant stands convicted of the crime of robbery with homicide and has been sentenced to life imprisonment. 1 He asks us to reverse the decision of the trial court because his constitutional rights have been violated.

The victim of the offense was a taxi driver whose body was found in the luggage compartment of his vehicle in the morning of May 27, 1982. He had been stabbed twenty three times with a balisong that had later been left on the dashboard of the car. Apparently, Rogelio Florendo had also been robbed for no money was found on his person or in the taxicab.

It was two months later when...