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PEOPLE vs Beriber

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. RAUL BERIBER y FUENTES, @ “JERRY FUENTES y IGNACIO,” @ “GERRY BERIBER,” @ “BONG,” @ ‘RAUL FUENTES,” appellant.

G.R. No. 151198 | 2004-06-08

D E C I S I O N




TINGA, J.:

The apex of criminal punishment is the extinguishment of life. Human life is so invaluable and irreplaceable that the Constitution, law and jurisprudence ensure the imposition of the death penalty only when so it should be and what could be meted is no other penalty.

Before the Court on automatic review is the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of San Pablo City, Branch 32, in Criminal Case No. 12621-SP (00)[1] finding appellant Raul Beriber y Fuentes guilty of Robbery with Homicide and imposing upon him the penalty of death.

The Second Amended Information against appellant reads:

That on or about...