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PEOPLE. Vs. Julian E. Mendoza

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULIAN MENDOZA Y ERMITA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 67858 | 1989-06-29

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

The appellant, Julian Mendoza y Ermita, 38 years of age, was charged before the Regional Trial Court, Branch X, in Balayan, Batangas, with the crime of Murder for killing with treachery and evident premeditation one Felipe Hernandez y Bata.

The appellant, upon arraignment on July 31, 1979, pleaded "not guilty." But before the prosecution was able to present its evidence, the appellant, assisted by counsel, manifested his willingness to change his plea by pleading guilty to the lesser offense of homicide. However, due to the vigorous objection of the fiscal who claimed that the crime committed was a clear...