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PEOPLE Vs. Lucio Gutierrez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LUCIO GUTIERREZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-47362 | 1992-05-22

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

The decision convicting Lucio Gutierrez of the murder of Fausto Casanova covered all of 127 typewritten pages. As if reading it was not punishment enough, the accused-appellant was sentenced to reclusion perpetua, payment of civil indemnity in the sum of P12,000 to the victim's heirs, and one-half of the costs. 1 His father, Juan Gutierrez, who was also charged as his co-conspirator, was acquitted on reasonable doubt (although he was probably not spared the tedium of reading the judgment against his son). The conviction of Lucio Gutierrez is now before us.

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