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PEOPLE. Vs. Rolando Camay

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff, vs. ROLANDO CAMAY, accused.

G.R. No. L-51306 | 1987-07-29

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Our main concern in this automatic review is to ascertain that the proceedings in the trial court and the decision 1 rendered are wholly in accord with law and jurisprudence considering that the accused pleaded guilty to the crime of robbery with homicide, a capital offense.

The procedure to be followed strictly in a situation like this where the accused, with the assistance of counsel, voluntarily pleads guilty to a capital offense is explicitly laid down in Section 3, Rule 116 of the Rules on Criminal Procedure promulgated by the Court, and which went into effect on January 1, 1985. This new rule...