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PEOPLE vs Oscar Ocaya

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OSCAR OCAYA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 75074 | 1986-09-15

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

Elevated to this Tribunal for final determination is this criminal case appealed to respondent Appellant Court, which resolved that the penalty of reclusion perpetua should be imposed and not the indeterminate sentence meted out by the Trial Court.

This case originated from the Regional Trial Court, Branch XII, in Oroquieta City, wherein accused-appellant Oscar Ocaya was sentenced "to suffer an indeterminate penalty of from fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day, as minimum, to seventeen (17) years and four (4) months of reclusion temporal, as maximum; to indemnify the heirs of the...