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PEOPLE. Vs. Stalin P. Guevarra

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. STALIN GUEVARRA y PAPASIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 65017 | 1989-11-13

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

Stalin Guevarra was convicted of murder by the Court of First Instance (now Regional Trial Court) of Oriental Mindoro. 1 On appeal, the then Intermediate Appellate Court (now Court of Appeals) rendered judgment on August 17, 1983, increasing the indeterminate penalty from "TEN (10) YEARS and ONE (1) DAY, of prision mayor, as minimum, to SEVENTEEN (17) YEARS and FOUR (4) MONTHS, of reclusion temporal, as maximum, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P12,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency and to pay the costs," imposed by the trial court, to reclusion perpetua,...