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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Tuazon

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE ALVIAR TUAZON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32276 | 1974-09-12

D E C I S I O N

ZALDIVAR, J:

Appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Pasig, Rizal, in its Criminal Case No. 15358 finding the accused Jose Alviar y Tuazon guilty of the crime of parricide, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Dolores Imson Alviar the sum of P12,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The undisputed facts follow:

On November 6, 1965 the body of an unknown woman was found by members of the Makati Police Department floating near the bank of the West Rainbow Area of the Pasig River The corpse was brought to the morgue of the Funeraria Quiogue, Manila,...