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Bernardo M. Cordial vs. PEOPLE., etal.

BERNARDO M. CORDIAL, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES and INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT (now Court of Appeals), respondents.

G.R. No. L-75880 | 1988-09-27

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision of the Court of Appeals 1 affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court, BRANCH XXV at Naga City 2 finding herein petitioner guilty beyond reasonable doubt of homicide and imposing on him the indeterminate sentence of eight (8) years and one (1) day prision mayor as minimum to fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months and one (1) day of reclusion temporal as maximum. The appellate court modified the lower court's decision by increasing the indemnity payable to the victim's heirs to P30,000.

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