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PEOPLE vs. Patrocinio Dofilez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PATROCINIO DOFILEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35103 | 1984-07-25

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

Automatic review of the decision rendered by the defunct Court of First Instance of Davao Oriental in Criminal Case No. 214 which imposed the death penalty on PATROCINIO DOFILEZ.

In the court a quo an information for double murder was filed against Dofilez worded as follows:

"That on or about July 12, 1969, in the Municipality of San Isidro, Province of Davao Oriental, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above mentioned accused, armed with a firearm, with treachery and evident premeditation, and with intent to kill, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack,...