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P.P vs. Macaso

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALBERTO MACASO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-30489 | 1975-06-30

D E C I S I O N

MARTIN, J:

Comes to Us for mandatory review the condemnatory judgment of the Court of First Instance of Basilan in Criminal Case No. 1529, entitled "People of the Philippines vs. Alberto Macaso", finding the accused ALBERTO MACASO, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER defined and penalized in Article 248, in relation to paragraphs 13 and 16 of Article 14, of the Revised Penal Code, and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of DEATH, with all the accessories of the law, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Nicolas B. Suaso in the amount of P12,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The deceased, Nicolas...