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PEOPLE vs. Benjamin R. Retania

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN RETANIA Y RODELAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-34841 | 1980-01-22

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

This case is before Us for automatic review of the death sentence imposed by the Court of First Instance of Occidental Mindoro, Eighth Judicial District, Branch II, by virtue of an Information filed by the Assistant Provincial Fiscal accusing BENJAMIN RETANIA Y RODELAS of robbery with homicide alleged to have been committed as follows:

"That on or about the 21st day of January 1972, in Barrio San Pedro, Municipality of Rizal, Province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, said accused with the use of violence upon Jerry Casidsid, an 11-year old helper in the...