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PEOPLE vs. Jose Verdad

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE VERDAD alias ALFREDO VERDAD, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-51797 | 1983-05-16

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Mandatory review of the death penalty imposed by the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, Branch II, on the accused Jose Verdad alias Alfredo Verdad, for the crime of Robbery with Homicide.

The Amended Information charged the accused as follows:

"That on or about the 7th day of July, 1979, in Cabanatuan City, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with a bolo, with intent of gain and by means of violence and intimidation of person, did then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, take, steal and carry away from the residence of...