806 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: Abejuela vs. People
806 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: Abejuela vs. People
806 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: Abejuela vs. People
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G.R. No. 80130. August 19, 1991.
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* THIRD DIVISION.
807
FERNAN, C.J.:
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808
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the crime charged. Trial followed.
On May 29, 1979, acting on an application by Banco
Filipino, the trial court issued an order of preliminary
attachment against all the properties of accused Glicerio
Balo, Jr. and Benjamin Abejuela not exceeding P176,145.25
in value, the amount allegedly embezzled or
misappropriated. On September 4, 1979, the Deputy
Sheriff of Palo, Leyte, filed a return of service and
submitted an inventory of the goods taken from the two
accused and which goods were placed in the custody of the
National Bureau of Investigation. While the refrigerator
and television set taken from the residence of Abejuela
would not command a good price on account of their poor
condition, the
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goods seized from Balo were appraised at
P62,295.00.
In the meantime, accused Glicerio Balo, Jr. was
reportedly killed by members of the New People’s Army in
the mountains of Mat-i, Balangkayan, Eastern Samar, on
suspicion that he was a PC informer and a collaborator.
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12 Rollo, p. 178.
13 Rollo, p. 134.
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“It appearing that the accused who drove the taxicab in which the
other accused rode did not actually take part in the conspiracy to
commit the crime of robbery but only furnished the means
through which the robbery could be perpetrated, with knowledge
of the said criminal design, he is not guilty as principal of the
crime of robbery
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18 Padilla vs. Court of Appeals, No. L-39999, May 31, 1984, 129 SCRA
558, citing PNB vs. Catipon, 98 Phil. 286 and De Guzman vs. Alvia, 96
Phil. 558.
19 G.R. Nos. 78911-25, December 11, 1987, 156 SCRA 325, 330.
816
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SO ORDERED.
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Petitioner acquitted.
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