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People vs. Josefina A. Esparas (RESOLUTION)

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSEFINA A. ESPARAS and RODRIGO O. LIBED, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 120034 | 1996-08-20

R E S O L U T I O N 

PUNO, J.:

Accused Josefina A. Esparas was charged with violation of R.A. No. 6425 as amended by R.A. No. 759 for importing into the country twenty (20) kilograms of "shabu" in Criminal Case No. 94-5897 before the RTC of Pasay City, Br. 114. 

After arraignment, the accused escaped from jail and was tried in absentia. On March 13, 1995, the trial court found her guilty as charged and imposed on her the death penalty. 

As the accused remains at large up to the present time, the issue that confronts the Court is whether or not it will proceed to automatically review her death sentence. The issue need not...