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PEOPLE vs. Leynez

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JORGE LEYNEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 45364 | 1938-06-07

D E C I S I O N


DIAZ, J:

Stated briefly, the question raised by the defendant's appeal is this:

If the crime of slight physical injuries committed is of the kind defined in paragraph 1 of article 266 of the Revised Penal Code and penalized with arresto menor, and the offender, after the commission of the crime, voluntarily surrenders to the agents of authority, and, when charged and arraigned, spontaneously pleads guilty, should the penalty be light fine or only public censure, having in view the rule established in article 64 that, when there are two or more mitigating circumstances without any compensating aggravating circumstance,...