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PEOPLE Vs. Crispulo De Los Reyes, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRISPULO DE LOS REYES, PERFECTO GULO, CRESENCIO SINGUE and FAUSTINO DE LOS REYES, accused. CRISPULO DE LOS REYES and PERFECTO GULO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-44112 | 1992-10-22

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

ACCUSED-APPELLANTS do not deny their participation in the Robbery with Homicide. However, they seek exculpation from criminal liability by interposing irresistible force as an exempting circumstance.

Meanwhile, a third accused bewails his reinclusion in the Information; he was previously discharged to become a witness for the state.

On 16 July 1969, at about 8:00 o'clock in the evening, Faustino de los Reyes, Cresencio Singue, Crispulo de los Reyes and Perfecto Gulo, armed with revolvers and a hunting knife, arrived at the house of Kapi Baotao in Timbuligue, Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur. 1 There were...