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PEOPLE vs Eduardo Bandojo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDUARDO BANDOJO and MAMERTO ARTUZ, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-66945 | 1986-07-09

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J:

The charge in this case was piracy in violation of P.D. 532. The sentence imposed, on the basis of guilty pleas, was death. 1 The issue is whether or not the guilty pleas were valid and had been validly accepted.

According to the information, Eduardo Bandojo and Mamerto Artuz, in conspiracy with each other, while on board a pumpboat on the seawaters of Bantayan, Cebu, on June 15, 1983, fatally shot Consolacion Alfar and then took her money in the sum of P5,000.00. Thereafter, they threw the dead body into the sea and forced the other passengers to jump overboard (although they were fortunately saved by another...