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PEOPLE. Vs. Leticia V. Capitin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LETICIA CAPITIN y VARGAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-49118 | 1988-08-30

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

In this prosecution for parricide, the victim is not only the two-month child who was smothered to death but also the mother who was convicted of killing her. There is nothing we can do now for the unfortunate baby, but we can undo the injustice done to the mother who we feel was not responsible for her act.

Leticia Capitin, the herein accused, was a 22-year old housemaid with an illegitimate child. In the morning of December 10, 1975, she came down from her room with her baby in her arms and told her employer, Soledad Caparas, that the child was no longer breathing. Soledad's first impulse was to call a...