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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Andaya, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO ANDAYA and CARLOS VILLARANTE, accused, RODOLFO ANDAYA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29644 | 1973-07-25

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

There is no difficulty attendant to the disposition of this automatic review of a death sentence imposed by the late Judge Manases G. Reyes on the accused Rodolfo Andaya. 1 To state the decisive issue is to make plain what the outcome would be. The grievance, a legitimate one at that, alleged by Andaya was that his conviction was made to rest on a plea of guilty made to a court not sufficiently alert to the need for the utmost care to be taken before the life of the person on the dock could be declared forfeit. There is an exigent need that the accused in admitting the commission of the offense charged does...