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People vs. Pineda [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus ROLANDO PINEDA y MANALO, CELSO SISON y LLOREN (at large), VICTOR EMMANUEL GONZALES COLET alias "VICTOR COLET" (acquitted), TOTIE JACOB alias "TOTIE"(at large), JOHN DOE and PETER DOE (at large), Accused, ROLANDO PINEDA y MANALO, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 141644 | 2004-05-27

D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

On automatic review is the Decision[1] dated 21 January 2000 of the Regional Trial Court of Caloocan City, Branch 127, National Capital Judicial Region (“trial court”) in Criminal Case No. C-53860 (98). The trial court found appellant Rolando Pineda (“appellant”) guilty of robbery with homicide, attended by the aggravating circumstance of commission by a band. The trial court sentenced appellant to suffer the death penalty and to pay the legal heirs of the victim SPO1 Arnel Fuensalida (“Fuensalida”) civil indemnity and damages.
 
The Charge

The...