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PEOPLE vs. Henry Samiano, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HENRY SAMIANO and REYNALDO DUSAL, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-52832 | 1985-05-14

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the defunct Circuit Criminal Court stationed in Pasig, Metro Manila, which imposed the death penalty on HENRY SAMIANO and REYNALDO DUSAL on their plea of guilty, without requiring the prosecution to introduce evidence. As expected, counsel de oficio for the accused-appellants has questioned the regularity of the procedure and assigned it as error in support of his prayer that the decision be set aside and a new trial be ordered.

In Criminal Case No. CCC-VII-1168-Rizal, Henry Samiano and Reynaldo Dusal were accused of MURDER by means of an information which...