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PEOPLE vs. Cortaga, Alfredo , et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO CORTAGA and ROMEO YANZA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-55049 | 1985-02-25

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

For automatic review is the Decision of the then Circuit Criminal Court at Pasig, Metro Manila, sentencing Alfredo Cortaga and Romeo Yanza with capital punishment (CCC-VII-2621-Rizal).

Alfredo Cortaga, Artemio Malinao and Romeo Yanza, all convicts serving their respective sentences at the New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, were charged with the crime of Murder committed as follows:

"That on or about the 28th day of June, 1977, in the municipality of Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, convicts confined and...