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PEOPLE vs Ernesto Ebias

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO EBIAS y MAGANA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127130 | 2000-10-12

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This case is here on automatic review in view of the imposition by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 33, Siniloan, Laguna of the death penalty on accused-appellant Ernesto Ebias for the complex crime of murder with frustrated murder. A new trial is sought by accused-appellant on the ground of newly-discovered evidence.

The facts are as follows:

On December 13, 1994, accused-appellant Ebias and a John Doe were charged with murder with frustrated murder in an information[1] filed by the Provincial Prosecutor of Laguna who alleged

That on or about 12:00 o'clock noon on July 8, 1994 at Barangay Dambo,...