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People vs Malabago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO MALABAGO y VILLAESPIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115686 | 1996-12-02

PUNO, J.:

This is an automatic review of the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Dipolog City, Branch 10 which imposed the penalty of death on accused-appellant, Pedro Malabago y Villaespin, in Criminal Case No. 6598, viz:

WHEREFORE, the court finds accused Pedro Malabago guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of PARRICIDE as defined and penalized under Article 246 of the Revised Penal Code. With reluctance and a heavy heart therefore, inspired by the personal feeling and view of the undersigned with respect to the wisdom of the penalty of death for any crime, the court finds itself with no other alternative but to impose the...