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P.P vs. Jimenez, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NICANOR JIMENEZ and TEOFILO HERNANDO, accused. NICANOR JIMENEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-40677 | 1976-05-31

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental in Criminal Case No. 0Z-542, finding appellant Nicanor Jimenez guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder, and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessories of the law, and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Fabiano Fuentes in the sum of P12,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency.

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