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S/Sgt. Elmer Vergara vs PEOPLE

S/SGT. ELMER T. VERGARA, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 128720 | 2002-01-23

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Petitioner seeks the reversal of the Court of Appeals' decision dated October 31, 1996, in CA-G.R. No. CR 18318, which affirmed the judgment of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City, Branch 167, in Criminal Case No. 86163, convicting him of robbery, thus:

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered finding the accused S/Sgt. Elmer Vergara GUILTY beyond peradventure of doubt of the crime of Robbery defined and penalized under Art. 294, No. (5), in relation to Art. 295, of the Revised Penal Code and is hereby sentenced to an indeterminate penalty of Four (4) years of prision correcional, as minimum, to Eight...