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People vs. Quinto

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONIDES QUINTO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35278 | 1979-10-23

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the decision of the Circuit Criminal Court, Seventh Judicial District, in Criminal Case No. CCC-VII-953-Rizal, the dispositive portion of which reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused Leonides Quinto, GUILTY, beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder as defined under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, as charged in the Information, the Court hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of DEATH; to indemnify the heirs of the deceased Patrolman Jaime Butawan, the amount of P12,000.00; to pay the amount of P10,000.00 as moral damages and another P10,000.00 as exemplary damages; and...