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People vs. Del Rosario

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE DEL ROSARIO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33270 | 1975-11-28

D E C I S I O N

MUá'OZ PALMA, J:

Based on a supposed "plea of guilty" to the crime of "robbery with homicide," defendant, Vicente del Rosario, was sentenced to suffer the penalty of DEATH by the Circuit Criminal Court of the Province of Bulacan then presided by Hon. Abelardo M. Dayrit. The case was elevated to this Court on automatic review, and We appointed Atty. Benjamin Relova now Judge of the Court of First Instance, Branch VI, Province of Batangas, as counsel de oficio to assist the accused.

The records show that on November 13, 1970, appellant Vicente del Rosario was charged with "robbery with homicide" in Criminal Case No....