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People vs. Danilo Espidol, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus DANILO ESPIDOL y VILLANUEVA (Deceased), SAGRADO DALACAT y SANTOS, ALFREDO TOMAS, y LIMOS (At-large), AND ARMANDO ANIASCO, Accused, / SAGRADO DALACAT y SANTOS, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 150033 | 2004-11-12

D E C I S I O N

Chico-nazario, J.: 

Courts must be careful to avoid improvident pleas of guilt and, where grave crimes are involved, the proper course is to take down evidence to determine guilt and avoid doubts.[1] 

In a rather atypical case, both the defense and the State, in the case at bench, are enthused by a common clamor ' the remand of this case to the court a quo on the argument that the accused now stands on death row because of a plea of guilty improvidently made. 

For automatic review is the decision[2] dated 22 August 2001 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Branch 20, in Criminal Case No....