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Raymundo Castro vs. Apolonio Bustos

HEIRS OF RAYMUNDO CASTRO, petitioners, vs. APOLONIO BUSTOS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-25913 | 1969-02-28

D E C I S I O N 


BARREDO, J.: 

Appeal from the Court of Appeals. 

Respondent Apolonio Bustos was charged in the Court of First Instance of Pampanga on October 26, 1962 with the crime of murder for the killing of Raymundo Castro, whose heirs are now the petitioners. The trial court found Bustos guilty only of homicide and, crediting him with two mitigating circumstances, namely, passion or obfuscation and voluntary surrender, sentenced him to an indeterminate prison term of 2 years, 4 months and 1 day of prision correccional, as minimum, to 8 years and 1 day of prision mayor, as maximum, and to indemnify the petitioners, who...