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Dacanay vs. People

RODRIGO DACANAY, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33240 | 1979-11-21

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

Upon an Information for Homicide filed before the Court of First Instance of Isabela, Branch IV, Roxas, for the death of Abraham Cortez alias Luis Cortez, Jr. (deceased), and after due trial, petitioner-appellant was sentenced to suffer an indeterminate penalty ranging from eight (8) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as minimum, to fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months of reclusion temporal as maximum, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P6,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

On appeal to the Court of Appeals, the judgment of...