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PEOPLE vs. Luis Formentera, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LUIS FORMENTERA, et al., defendants, WILFREDO NERI, JR., alias "Nonoy" and RENATO EGNIA DE LA TORRE, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-30892 | 1984-06-29

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

This is an automatic review of the capital penalty of death imposed by the defunct Court of First Instance of Cebu on Wilfredo Neri, Jr., alias "Nonoy", and Renato Egnia de la Torre for the crime of robbery in band with homicide and double frustrated homicide, attended by several aggravating circumstances.

In his appeal, Wilfredo Neri, Jr., whose conviction was predicated mainly on a plea of guilty, contends that the lower court erred in imposing the penalty of death without assuring itself that he, accused-appellant, understood clearly and fully the allegations in the information as well as the...