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People vs. Juan Escober 157 SCRA 541

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN ESCOBER y GERALDE, MACARIO PUNZALAN, JR., y GUEVARRA, RICHARD DOE, PETER DOE AND JUAN DOE, accused. JUAN ESCOBER y GERALDE and MACARIO PUNZALAN, JR., y GUEVARRA, accused-appellants. JUAN ESCOBER y GERALDE, petitioner, vs. HON. OSCAR LEVISTE, PRESIDING JUDGE, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH XCVII, QUEZON CITY and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-69564 and G.R. No. L-69658 | 1988-01-29

EN BANC
DECISION

FERNAN, J.:

These consolidated cases originated from the decision rendered by Judge Oscar Leviste in Criminal Case No. Q-22896 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch XCVII, finding the accused-appellants Juan Escober y Geralde and Macario Punzalan, Jr. y Guevarra guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Robbery with Homicide, sentencing them to suffer the supreme penalty of DEATH and to pay jointly and severally the heirs of the victims compensatory damages of P12,000.00 for each of the victims and moral damages of P200,000.00 G.R. No. 69564 is the automatic review of the death sentence while G.R. No. 69658...