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PEOPLE Vs. Eriberto P. Yabut

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERIBERTO YABUT Y PALINGO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 85472 | 1993-09-27

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

Three persons were originally charged with the crime of robbery with multiple homicide and serious physical injuries in the Regional Trial Court of Pasig. 1 Renato Teodoro was acquitted for lack of evidence. 2 Angeles San Antonio and Eriberto Yabut were convicted as charged. 3 Both questioned their conviction, but San Antonio eventually withdrew his appeal. 4 Eriberto Yabut thus remains the lone appellant in this case.

Judge Alfredo C. Flores found that on October 31, 1982, at about 10 o'clock in the evening, Angeles San Antonio, a member of the Teresa Rizal Police Station, and Eriberto Yabut, a meat dealer,...