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PEOPLE Vs. Conrado B. Lucas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CONRADO LUCAS Y BRIONES, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 108172-73 | 1995-01-09

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

In the decision in this case, promulgated on 25 May 1994, the First Division touched on the nature of the penalty of reclusion perpetua in the light of Section 21 of R.A. No. 7659 1 which amended Article 27 of the Revised Penal Code by specifically fixing the duration of reclusion perpetua at twenty (20) years and one (1) day to forty (40) years. It opined that since no corresponding amendment to Article 76 of the Revised Penal Code was made, the said law has not made explicit an intention to convert reclusion perpetua into a divisible penalty. Nevertheless, it applied Article 65 of the Revised Penal...