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PEOPLE vs. Emmanuel V. Felipe

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EMMANUEL FELIPE Y VELASCO, ET AL., Accused; EMMANUEL FELIPE VELASCO Y SARNO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-54335 | 1981-12-14

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Circuit Criminal Court of Cebu convicting the appellant, Emmanuel F. Velasco of the crime of murder and sentencing him as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Emmanuel Felipe Velasco y Sarno guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder described in the aforequoted information. Appreciating in favor of the accused the mitigating circumstance of voluntary surrender, which circumstance is offset by the aggravating circumstance of nighttime, the accused should be, as he is, hereby sentenced to the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessory...