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PEOPLE vs. Federico M. Basas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERICO BASAS Y MONTALES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-34251 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N


PLANA, J.:

This is a mandatory review of a murder case, the accused having been found by the Trial Court guilty of killing Ricardo S. Tayubong qualified by taking advantage of superior strength and aggravated by recidivism without any mitigating circumstance to offset it, and sentenced to death.

The accused was charged before the Circuit Criminal Court, Manila, as follows:

That on or about April 26, 1970, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused, conspiring and confederating together with two others whose true names and identities are still unknown, and helping one another, with the use of superior...