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People vs. Macal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MANUEL MACAL Y BOLASCO, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 211062 | 2016-01-13

DECISION
 
PEREZ, J.:
 
Violence between husband and wife is nothing new. Marital violence that leads to spousal killing is parricide. Perceived as a horrific kind of killing, penal laws impose a harsher penalty on persons found guilty of parricide compared to those who commit the felony of homicide.

For review is the June 28, 2013 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CEB-CR H.C. No. 01209 which affirmed with modification the August 18, 2009 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tacloban City, Branch 6, convicting Manuel Macal y Bolasco (accused-appellant) of the crime of parricide and sentencing him to...