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BENITO CALIM vs CA and PEOPLE

BENITO CALIM, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 140065 | 2001-02-13

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals, dated August 4, 1999, which affirmed the judgment of the Regional Trial Court, Branch I, Borongan, Eastern Samar, finding petitioner Benito Calim guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of homicide and sentencing him to an indeterminate penalty of ten (10) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as minimum, to fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum, and ordering him to pay the heirs of the deceased the amount of P50,000.00 as death indemnity and P20,000.00 by way...