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PEOPLE vs. Armando Matilla alias Mando

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARMANDO MATILLA alias MANDO, accused whose death sentence is under review.

G.R. No. 53570 | 1981-07-24

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Samar, Calbayog City Branch IV, convicting Armando Matilla of highway robbery with homicide under the Anti-Piracy and Anti-Highway Robbery Law of 1974 (Presidential Decree No. 532 which took effect on August 8, 1974, 70 O.G. 7343), sentencing him to death and ordering him to pay to the heirs of the victim, Marina Cano Llantada, an indemnity of P42,000 (Criminal Case No. 1366).

The judgment of conviction was based on Matilla's plea of guilty, extrajudicial confession and the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses who were not...