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PEOPLE vs. Eduardo de Ocampo Gonzaga

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO DE OCAMPO GONZAGA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-48373 | 1984-01-30

D E C I S I O N


TEEHANKEE, J.:

The death sentence under automatic review is hereby set aside on the ground of improvident guilty plea and the case is ordered remanded to the court a quo for rearraignment and further proceeding in accordance with law and controlling jurisprudence, in order that the accused may be arraigned anew in accordance with the constitutional requirements of fairness and due process to determine the precise degree of his culpability in order to make certain that the proper penalty is imposed.

In an information dated November 3, 1977, accused Gonzaga was indicted for the crime of murder for fatally stabbing with a...