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PEOPLE vs Benito Mier

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENITO MIER y VISTAL, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130598 | 2000-02-03

D E C I S I O N


DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Raineldo T. Son, Records, pp. 96-135.] in Criminal Case No. 9582 of the Regional Trial Court of Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Branch 47, dated May 29, 1997 finding Benito Mier y Vistal guilty of murder for the killing and beheading of Pablito Laguros y Tasic and sentencing him to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

Appellant Benito Mier was charged with the crime of Murder, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, in an Information2 [Rollo, p. 8.] which reads:

"The undersigned, Second Assistant City...