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People vs Francisco Dacillo alias Dodoy

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. FRANCISCO DACILLO alias DODOY AND JOSELITO PACOT y IBARRA (case provisionally dismissed), accused, FRANCISCO DACILLO alias DODOY, appellant.

G.R. No. 149368 | 2004-04-14

D E C I S I O N

CORONA, J.:

Before us on automatic review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 31, in Criminal Case No. 45,283-2000 convicting appellant Francisco Dacillo y Timtim alias Dodoy of the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of death.

Appellant Dacillo together with Joselito Pacot y Ibarra were indicted for murder in an information that read:

The undersigned accuses the above-named accused of the crime of Murder, under Art. 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. 7659, committed as follows:

That on or about February 6, 2000, in the City of Davao, Philippines, and within...