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PEOPLE vs. Rodolfo Andaya

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODOLFO ANDAYA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-48735 | 1981-01-19

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

Automatic review of the death sentence imposed on the appellant, Rodolfo Andaya, in a decision dated October 10, 1977 of the Court of First Instance of Davao (Branch III, Davao City). This is a second death sentence imposed on the appellant for the same offense after the first was set aside by this Court when it came up for review, on the ground of same having been pronounced on an improvident plea of guilty. [1]

The death sentence now under review was imposed after proper hearing, as directed by this Court in its decision promulgated on July 23, 1973, the prosecution presenting its evidence, notwithstanding...