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PEOPLE vs. Giovanni Bajar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GIOVANNI BAJAR y CABOG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 118240 | 1997-10-28

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J:

Giovanni Bajar y Cabog was found guilty by the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 12, of the crime of robbery with homicide in Criminal Case No. 90-87734 and meted the penalty of reclusion perpetua. Bajar was also ordered to pay the amount of P20,700.00 allegedly taken from the deceased victim, Ramon Mallari, plus civil indemnity of P50,000.00, to the latter's heirs. Bajar's conviction for that crime arose from an information that read:

"That on or about September 11, 1990, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring and confederating together with three other persons, whose true names,...