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PEOPLE vs Garcia, Luis F.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff , vs. LUIS GARCIA Y FLORES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32071 | 1981-07-09

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDEZ, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Criminal Circuit Court in Criminal Case No. CCC-III-65-Zambales (1221-0) sentencing the accused Luis Garcia y Flores to suffer the penalty of DEATH for the murder of Emiliano Balaga.

The information dated May 14, 1969, to which the accused pleaded not guilty, reads:

"INFORMATION

"The undersigned accuses Alfredo Turla, Benjamin Taguipid, Vicente Salita alias 'VIC, Celso Luba, Reynaldo Sombilla, Noli Sarmiento, John Doe, Luis Garcia y Flores and Eddie Soriano of the crime of Murder, committed as follows:

"That on or about the 18th day of April 1969, in...