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People vs. Aniceto Martin 89 Phil 18

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANICETO MARTIN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-3002 | 1951-05-23

D E C I S I O N

JUGO, J.:

Aniceto Martin was accused of the complex crime of parricide with abortion before the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Norte. After trial he was acquitted of abortion, but found guilty of parricide and was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the sum of P2,000, with the accessory penalties of the law, and to pay the costs. He appealed.

We shall not consider the charge of abortion as he was acquitted of it, confining our review to that of parricide.

The defendant, twenty-eight years old, a farmer, was living in the barrio No. 12 of the municipality of Laoag,...