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PEOPLE. Vs. Ruben Manalo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN MANALO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-55177 | 1987-02-27

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

The judgment of the former Circuit Criminal Court of Rizal in Criminal Case No. CCC-VII-2505 finding Ruben Manalo guilty of murder and imposing the death penalty, is before us on automatic review.

The record discloses that in the morning of 23 May 1977, appellant Ruben Manalo, a prisoner serving sentence in the National Bilibid Prison, was at the visiting area of the prison waiting for transfer to the San Ramon Penal Colony.
Alfredo de la Cruz, Jolly Hilario and Reynaldo Cariso, all convicted prisoners serving their respective sentences, were similarly waiting in the same visiting area for transfer to the...