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PEOPLE vs Leonilo Cui, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONILO CUI y BALADJAY, BEVERLY CUI y CANTUBA, EDUARDO BASINGAN y SABELLO, WILFREDO GARCIA, alias "TOTO", JOSELITO GARCIA, alias "TATA GARCIA", EMMANUEL GARCIA, alias "MAWI", a certain SADAM, BIENVENIDO NACARIO y PARDILLO, alias "REY NACARIO", a certain EDGAR, a certain BENJIE, LUIS OBESO, alias "LEOS", HILARIA SARTE, alias "LARING", and YUL ALVAREZ, accused. *** LEONILO CUI y BALADJAY, BEVERLY CUI y CANTUBA, LUIS OBESO, alias "LEOS", HILARIA SARTE, alias "LARING", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121982 | 1999-09-10

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

In the evening of December 5, 1990, some ten (10) armed robbers raided the compound of Johnny and Rose Lim on Edison Street, Lahug, Cebu City. The Lims, their three (3) children, and the employees of the family-owned business, William's Educational Supply; were able to see the faces of the leader Wilfredo alias "Toto" Garcia and two of his men, Mawe Garcia and a certain Edgar. The other robbers could not be identified as they had flour sacks over their heads.

The robbers carted away cash and jewelries worth twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00). They also blindfolded and forcibly abducted seventeen (17) year old...