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PEOPLE. Vs. Diosdado De Guia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIOSDADO DE GUIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-59876 | 1989-08-31

D E C I S I O N


FELICIANO, J.:

This case came before us on automatic appeal from a decision of the then Court of First Instance of Zambales, Branch 2, Iba, imposing the death penalty upon the accused in Criminal Case No. 1456-I.

The accused-appellant was charged with the crime of murder in an information which read as follows:

"That on or about the 21st day of July, 1981, in Barangay San Agustin, in the municipality of Iba, province of Zambales, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, armed with a deadly weapon, to wit: A bolo, with intent to kill, and with evident premeditation and...