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Lasanas vs. People

NOEL A. LASANAS, Petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 159031 | 2014-06-23

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION 

BERSAMIN, J.:
 
Any person who contracts a second marriage without first having a judicial declaration of the nullity of his or her first marriage, albeit on its face void and inexistent for lack of a marriage license, is guilty of bigamy as defined and penalized by Article 349 of the Revised Penal Code.

The Case

The accused seeks the reversal of the decision promulgated on August 29, 2002,1 whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed his conviction for bigamy under the judgment rendered on October 30, 2000 in Criminal...