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PEOPLE vs Ruben Logalada

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN LOGALADA BOQUILA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136145 | 2002-03-08

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

On October 8, 1996, around 3:30 in the morning at Don Gervacio Quijada St., Guadalupe, Cebu City, Cresencio Demol, a taxi driver was shot inside his taxicab. Allegedly, Demol's wristwatch was also stolen. Three days later, Ruben Logalada Boquila, a security guard, went to the police and confessed to the commission of the offense. Boquila was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Cebu City with the crime of robbery with homicide in an information that reads as follows:

That on or about the 8th of October, 1996 at about 3:30 in the morning, in the City of Cebu, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of...