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PEOPLE vs. Nicolas G. Mojica 119 Phil. 796

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICOLAS MOJICA Y GIRA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-17234 | 1964-03-31

D E C I S I O N 


PER CURIAM: 

Review of the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Rizal finding appellant Nicolas Mojica guilty of murder and sentencing him to death penalty and the accessories. 

Appellant Mojica and Primitivo Ala were charged in the said Court with having murdered prisoner Ruperto Artus y Garcia in Muntinlupa, Rizal, on the 24th day of March, 1959. 

Primitivo Ala pleaded guilty to the information and was consequently sentenced to death. This Court affirmed the sentence upon review in G. R. No. L-15633. 
Mojica, on the other hand, did not plead guilty. So trial proceeded, after which he was found...