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Rufo Quemuel vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

RUFO QUEMUEL, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-22794 | 1968-01-16

D E C I S I O N 


CONCEPCION, J.: 

This is a petition for review on certiorari of a decision of the Court of Appeals. 

Convicted by the Court of First Instance of Rizal of the crime of libel 1 with which he is charged, and sentenced to an indeterminate penalty ranging from three (3) months and eleven (11) days of arresto mayor to one (1) year, eight (8) months and twenty-one (21) days of prision correccional, and to pay the costs, petitioner Rufo Quemuel appealed to the Court of Appeals which affirmed the judgment of conviction, but imposed, instead of the penalty of imprisonment, a fine of P500.00, and added thereto a P2,000.00...