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People vs. Roxas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SALUSTIANO ROXAS Y SONER, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32912 | 1976-10-29

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Batangas in Criminal Case No. 2885, convicting appellant Salustiano Roxas y Soner of the crime of Murder, imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of Antero M. Guerra in the sum of P12,000, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs. The record reveals the following facts:

Antero Guerra, a 43-year old bachelor employed at the Ibaan Rural Bank, Inc., lived in the house of his brother in the Poblacion of Ibaan, Batangas. Antero Guerra attended a basketball game in the...