Back

PEOPLE vs Rodelo Palijon, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODELO PALIJON y URHINA @ “MADELO,” JIM MERCENE y BUSAR @ “EMI,” CARLITO DECENA y PARDELA, and MYRA PRIA y BAGSIC, and JOHN DOES, accused, / RODELO PALIJON y URHINA @ “MADELO” and MYRA PRIA y BAGSIC, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 123545 | 2000-10-18

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City, Branch 32, in Criminal Case No. 8768-SP, promulgated on August 25, 1995, finding appellants guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Robbery with Homicide, and imposing on them the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The facts of this case, culled from the records, are as follows:

At around two o'clock in the morning of August 27, 1993, Rodelo Palijon,[1] Carlos Decena,[2] and Jim Mercene entered the yard of the residence in San Pablo City of the spouses Gonzalo and Mellorequina Reyes. Both were elderly returnees (balikbayans), recently arrived...