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PEOPLE vs. Flaviano G. Puda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLAVIANO PUDA Y GARAPEA alias "FLAVIO PUDA", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33841 | 1984-10-31

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This case is before us for the automatic review of a decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal, Branch II, sentencing the accused-appellant to suffer the penalty of death after finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder qualified by treachery and premeditation with two aggravating circumstances. The accused-appellant was also ordered to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the sum of P6,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The original information for murder reads:

"That on or about the 19th day of December, 1959, in the municipality of Parañaque, province of Rizal,...