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PEOPLE vs. Juan Martinez Godinez 106 Phil 597

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN MARTINEZ GODINEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-12268 | 1959-11-28

D E C I S I O N


BARRERA, J.:

Juan Martinez y Godinez was charged in the Court of First Instance of Manila (in Criminal Case No. 35737) with the crime of murder, for the killing of Spanish Consul Horencio Millaruelo. After trial, he was found guilty of the crime charged, and sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and to pay indemnity in the sum of P6,000.00 and costs. From this judgment of conviction, he has appealed to us.
The records disclose that in the morning of May 4, 1956, at about 11:20 o'clock, while Carmen Fernandez and Carmen Suarez were at their room in the Spanish Consulate at Ayala Building, Manila, they...