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Matura vs. Laya, et al

NORA AGUILAR MATURA, petitioner, vs. HON. ALFREDO C. LAYA, as Presiding Judge of Branch XII, Court of First Instance of Cebu, and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-44550-51 & L-44552-53 | 1979-07-30

D E C I S I O N

TEEHANKEE, J:

The Court affirms on the merits the judgment of the court of first instance of Cebu presided by respondent judge affirming the judgment after joint trial of the municipal court of Cebu finding the petitioner-accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of grave oral defamation and slight physical injuries, and reduces the award to the offended party of P7,000.00 for moral and exemplary damages to the sum of P5,000.00 by way solely of moral damages.

Petitioner Nora Aguilar Matura is the accused in two criminal cases docketed as Criminal Case No. R-3165, for grave oral defamation in Criminal Case No....