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PEOPLE vs. Diego Balondo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DIEGO BALONDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-27401 | 1969-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


ZALDIVAR, J.: 

The Court of First Instance of Leyte found the defendant Diego Balondo guilty of the crime of murder and sentenced him to suffer the extreme penalty of death. This case is now before this Court on automatic review of the decision of the trial court. 

On October 21, 1966 the Provincial Fiscal of Leyte filed the following information against the defendant: 

"The undersigned Provincial Fiscal accuses Diego Balondo of the crime of murder, committed as follows: 

"That on or about the 29th day of September, 1966, in the Municipality of Kawayan, Subprovince of Biliran, Province of Leyte,...