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People vs. Filomeno Camano

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FILOMENO CAMANO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-36662-63 | 1982-07-30

D E C I S I O N
CONCEPCION JR., J.:

MANDATORY REVIEW of the death sentence imposed upon the accused Filomeno Camano by the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, in Criminal Case Nos. T-20 and T-21, for the killing of Godofredo Pascual and Mariano Buenaflor.

The inculpatory facts as stated by the trial court show that:

"On February 17, 1970, in the barrio of Nato, Municipality of Sagñay, Province of Camarines Sur, between the hours of four and five o'clock in the afternoon, after the accused had been drinking liquor, he stabbed twice the victim Godofredo Pascua with a bolo, called in the vernacular Bicol "palas"...