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PEOPLE vs Benedicto Castanio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. BENEDICTO CASTANIO, respondent.

G.R. No. L-73314 G.R. No. L-68459 | 1986-03-20

R E S O L U T I O N


Accused Benedicto Castanio, charged with the crime of Murder before the then Circuit Criminal Court, 7th Judicial District, Pasig, Rizal, in Criminal Case No. CCC-71169-Rizal, was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt in the decision rendered in said case, dated August 19, 1972. The dispositive portion of the said judgment reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the voluntary and spontaneous confession of guilt made by the accused Benedicto Castanio, the court finds him guilty, beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder pursuant to Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as charged in the Information, and hereby...