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PEOPLE vs. Edmundo Gadiano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. EDMUNDO GADIANO, accused.

G.R. No. L-31818 | 1982-07-30

D E C I S I O N


VASQUEZ, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision rendered by the Court of First Instance of Agusan convicting the accused Edmundo Gadiano of the complex crime of murder with assault upon an agent of a person in authority, and sentencing him to the penalty of "DEATH by electrocution, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Leodegario Secote in the sum of P6,000.00, and to pay the costs."

The incident that gave rise to this case occurred at about 7:30 o'clock in the evening on October 8, 1964 in Cabadbaran, Agusan. The victim Leodegario Secote, then 36, was a policeman of said municipality. Accused Edmundo Gadiano,...