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People of the Phil. Islands vs. Ducosin

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VALERIANO DUCOSIN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 38332 | 1933-12-14

D E C I S I O N

BUTTE, J:

This appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Manila convicting the appellant of the crime of frustrated murder was referred by the first division to the court in banc for the proper interpretation and application of Act No. 4103 of the Philippine Legislature approved on December 5, 1933, commonly known as the "Indeterminate Sentence Law". As this is the first case which has come before us involving the Indeterminate Sentence Law, it will be convenient to set out here some of its provisions.

Section 1 of Act no. 4103 is as follows:

"Hereafter, in imposing a prison sentence for an offense...