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PEOPLE vs. Federico Cuison Y Prestoza

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERICO CUISON Y PRESTOZA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-51363 | 1981-07-25

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It is manifest even from a cursory reading of the record and the evidence that this is one of the cases where the automatic review of death sentences by this Court is more than justified. It is a necessity. Such an observation becomes even more warranted considering the comprehensive and scholarly thirty-three page manifestation of Solicitor General Estelito P. Mendoza, 1 on behalf of the People of the Philippines, with the categorical plea that the judgment of conviction finding appellant Federico Cuison guilty of the crime of murder and sentencing him to death be reversed. Considering that in the past...