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PEOPLE vs. Martin C. Magtira

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARTIN MAGTIRA y DELA CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-28255 | 1983-11-25

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

For the crime of rape and homicide committed against ten-year old Clarita S. Constantino, accused-appellant Martin Magtira y dela Cruz, then 33 years old, was charged and convicted to suffer the supreme penalty of death. Said accused was likewise ordered to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the sum of P6,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

No one saw the actual commission of the crime but the lower court found that the guilt of Martin Magtira had been established beyond reasonable doubt on the strength not only of his statement before the Municipal Court of...