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PEOPLE vs. Sofronio Amoto

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SOFRONIO AMOTO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-28273 | 1982-01-18

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDEZ, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Agusan, Branch II, promulgated on September 18, 1967, in Criminal Case No. 3168, entitled "People of the Philippines, plaintiff versus Sofronio Amoto, accused," the dispositive portion of which reads:

"FOR ALL THE FOREGOING CONSIDERATIONS, the Court hereby renders judgment finding the accused SOFRONIO AMOTO guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder, provided for and punished under Art. 248 of the Revised Penal Code, and it being the painful but imperative duty of the Court to do so, there being no mitigating...