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PEOPLE vs. Cipriano Macabenta 106 Phil 77

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CIPRIANO MACABENTA AND FLORENCIO MACABENTA, defendants. CIPRIANO MACABENTA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-9732 | 1959-08-27

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Cipriano Macabenta and Florencio Macabenta were charged in the Court of First Instance of Samar with the crime of murder (crim. case No. 3508). Upon arraignment they entered a plea of not guilty. On motion of the prosecution, the information as to Florencio Macabenta was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence. After trial the Court found Cipriano Macabenta guilty as charged and, setting off an aggravating against a mitigating circumstance attending the commission of the crime, sentenced him to suffer reclusiá³n perpetua, civil interdiction for life and perpetual absolute disqualification; to indemnify...