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PEOPLE vs Roberto De La Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO E. DELA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. NO. 128359 | 2000-12-06

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

For automatic review is the decision, dated 27 November 1996, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 27, of Cabanatuan City, which has sentenced to death Roberto E. de la Cruz for Qualified Illegal Possession of Firearm and Ammunition with Homicide.

The information charging the accused with the offense, to which he pled "not guilty" when arraigned, read:

That on or about the 27th day of May, 1996, in the City of Cabanatuan, Republic of the Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the abovenamed accused, with intent to kill, did then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack,...