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PEOPLE vs Doinog & Cortez/ Doinog

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO L. DOINOG and SAMUEL L. CORTEZ, accused./FRANCISCO L. DOINOG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 122840 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This case is here on appeal from the decision1 [Per Judge Teofilo L. Guadiz, Jr.] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 147, Makati, finding accused-appellant Francisco L. Doinog and his co-accused Samuel L. Cortez guilty of violation of P.D. No. 532 (Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery Law of 1974) and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering them to pay the heirs of the victim, SPO2 Ricardo Bautista, the amount of P50,000.00, plus costs.

The information for Highway Robbery, filed on October 4, 1993 against both accused, reads:

The undersigned 4th Assistant Prosecutor...