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PEOPLE vs. Danilo R. De La Cruz, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANILO DE LA CRUZ y RUADO, ROMEO SALVADOR y MENDOZA, DANTES BELOSO y DE CASTRO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 83798 | 1990-03-29

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

A case of Carnapping with Homicide, as defined and penalized under Section 14 of Republic Act No. 6539, also known as the Anti-Carnapping Act of 1972.

There is no question that on 5 December 1984, a Ford Telstar automobile, TX-5, bearing Plate No. N-PDW-382, was carnapped, and that ANTHONY Banzon, the registered owner of said car, was shot and killed.

The Trial Court decided ** that the three accused, Danilo DE LA CRUZ y Ruado, Romeo SALVADOR y Mendoza, and Dantes BELOSO y de Castro, had "conspired to steal away as they in fact stole and carried away the TELSTAR of ANTHONY Banzon"; held them...