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PEOPLE. Vs. Simeon A. Castro

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SIMEON A. CASTRO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 42478 | 1989-10-04

D E C I S I O N


BIDIN, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cagayan, Branch II, * convicting the accused-appellant, Simeon Castro of the crime of Murder, qualified by treachery, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing considerations, the Court is of the opinion and so holds that the accused Simeon Castro is guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Murder qualified by treachery, defined and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code, without any mitigating or aggravating circumstance offsetting each other, hereby sentences him to suffer a penalty...