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PEOPLE vs. Freddie Brana

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FREDDIE BRANA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29210 | 1969-10-31

D E C I S I O N


REYES, J.B.L., J.:

Automatic review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Iloilo (in Crim. Case No. 11663) sentencing therein accused Freddie Braña to death for the slaying of Corazon Tabaño.

The records show that at about 7:30 in the morning of 6 January 1967, 19-year old Corazon Tabaño was found by her mother in their house at 178 Magdalo St., La Paz, Iloilo City, bleeding from several stab wounds. Rushed to the St. Paul's Hospital, she expired a few minutes after arrival. The autopsy report (Exhibit "A") revealed that the deceased sustained five stab wounds: (a) one in the thorax, penetrating in downward...