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PEOPLE vs. Rodrigo M. Marteja

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODRIGO MARTIJA Y MACEDA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-44972 | 1982-03-15

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDEZ, J.:

This is an automatic review of the death penalty imposed upon the accused, Rodrigo Martija y Maceda, by the Circuit Criminal Court, Seventh Judicial District, Pasig, Metro Manila, for the crime of murder.

In July, 1976, Rodrigo Martija y Maceda was charged before the said court with the crime of murder in an information which reads:

"That on or about the 25th of July, 1976, in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused, without any justifiable cause, qualified by evident premeditation and treachery with intent to kill, did, then and there wilfully and feloniously attack and employ personal...