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People vs. Bengote [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEVERO MENGOTE and JOSE PAJARES, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-30343 | 1975-07-25

D E C I S I O N
 
MARTIN, J.:
 
This is an automatic review of the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Northern Samar presided over by the Honorable Judge Ignacio Mangosing convicting Severo Mengote and Jose Pajares of the crime of robbery with homicide and sentencing each of them to the extreme penalty of death, to indemnify jointly and severally the heirs of Francisco Lambino in the amount of P6,000.00, and to pay their proportional share of the costs.

On February 25, 1969, the accused with the assistance of Atty. Manuel Hechanova as counsel de officio pleaded guilty to an information which reads as follows:
 
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