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PEOPLE vs. M. Ricarte, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL RICARTE, ET AL., defendants. MANUEL RICARTE, appellant.

G.R. No. L-159 | 1947-03-13

D E C I S I O N


PERFECTO, J:

Accused of the crime of homicide committed on April 10, 1945, in Iloilo, for allegedly participating in the killing of Emilio Dahuya, appellant Manuel Ricarte was sentenced by the lower court to suffer from twelve (12) years and one (1) day to fourteen (14) years and eight (8) months of reclusion temporal, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the sum of P2,000, without subsidiary imprisonment, to suffer the accessory penalties of the law, and to pay one-half of the costs.

As to how the deceased was killed, the prosecution called only one witness to testify, Concepcion Binalon.

At about 9 a. m. on...