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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Lacson

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HERBITO LACSON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33060 | 1974-02-25

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

Under automatic review is the death sentence imposed on the accused Herbito Lacson by the Circuit Criminal Court of the 10th Judicial District at Masbate, Masbate upon his plea of guilty to a charge for murder.

As urged by counsel-de-oficio Leoncio M. Chiuco and recommended by the Solicitor General, the death sentence is set aside and the case is remanded to the court a quo for arraignment anew and for further proceedings in accordance with law, since an intelligent review of the death penalty and of whether the accused did fully understand the nature of the charge and the meaning and consequences of his...