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PEOPLE vs Albert Nagum

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALBERT NAGUM, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134003 | 2000-01-19

D E C I S I O N


MELO, J.:

Once again we are given the heavy task of reviewing the imposition of the capital punishment, this time in a case involving the death of a detained prisoner.

Accused-appellant, ALBERT NAGUM, and the victim, AURELIO AGUSTIN, JR., were both detention prisoners at the Nueva Ecija Provincial Jail. That accused-appellant killed the victim is not in dispute. At issue is how the victim was killed. The People charged murder while the accused cried self-defense. The trial court believed the People and imposed the death penalty. Hence, this automatic review.

The case for the prosecution shows that on January 24, 1997,...