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People vs Roberto Estrada

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO ESTRADA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130487 | 2000-06-19

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the death penalty imposed on accused-appellant by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 44, Dagupan City in Criminal Case No. 94-00860-D.1 [The decision was penned by Judge Crispin C. Laron.] We nullify the proceedings in the court a quo and remand the case for proper disposition.

In an Information dated December 29, 1994, accused-appellant Roberto Estrada y Lopez was charged with the crime of murder for the killing of one Rogelio P. Mararac, a security guard. The Information reads:

"That on or about the 27th day of December 1994 in the City of Dagupan, Philippines and within the...