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People vs. Artieda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO ARTIEDA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38725 | 1979-05-15

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

This is an automatic review of the Decision of the Court of First Instance of Laguna, Branch IV, convicting the accused, Antonio Artieda, of the crime of Murder and imposing upon him the penalty of death. His co-accused, Rodolfo Artieda and Venancio Dorado, were acquitted of the crime for insufficiency of evidence. The fourth accused, Bernabe Artieda, alias David, alias Abe, has remained at large.

The three brothers, namely, Antonio, Rodolfo and David, all surnamed Artieda, together with their first degree cousin, Venancio Dorado, and other "Does" were originally charged with the complex crime of...