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PEOPLE. Vs. Danilo Gole Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANILO GOLE CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 69251 | 1989-09-13

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The anguish of bereavement is the inevitable consequence of the loss of a loved one, the normal response to which is resignation. Where, however, the deceased was snatched by death through a bestial and ignominious crime, the assuagement of the distress of those left behind cannot just be consigned to the balm of sublimation or the elixir of time. The intervening hand of justice must allay the grievous wrong. Nothing less is expected in this case by the relatives of the deceased Teresita Gumapay, who was married to Marcelo Buenaventura and a mother of a then six months old child, said decedent having been...