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PEOPLE vs. Delfin Muit

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DELFIN MUIT, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-48875 | 1982-10-21

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Appeal from the Decision of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, Branch I (Naga City), in Criminal Case No. R-7 (1847), convicting the accused Delfin Muit, a retired PC 2nd Lieutenant, of Murder, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, for the gunning down of the victim, Rodolfo Torrero.

Before said victim was shot and killed, he and the accused's wife, Rosario Muit, played as the leading man and the leading lady in a drama presentation staged in barrio Tamban, municipality of Tinamban, Camarines Sur. [1] Because of said stage play and the fact that Mrs. Muit was...