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PEOPLE vs. Julio De La Pena 054 Phil 818

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULIO DE LA PENA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 32825 | 1930-08-06

D E C I S I O N


ROMUALDEZ, J.:

Julio de la Peña and Agapito Rafael engaged in a fight armed with weapons, as a result of which the latter was killed. The former was accused and convicted of homicide and sentenced to fourteen years, eight months, and one day reclusion temporal, to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the amount of P1,000, and to pay the costs. 

From this judgment, the present appeal was taken, in support of which the following alleged errors are assigned: (1) In granting the prosecution a continuance over the defendant's objection; (2) in giving credit to the testimony of Crisanto Francisco, the only eyewitness, in...