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EMERITU C. BARUT, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

EMERITU C. BARUT, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 167454 | 2014-09-24

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

Petitioner Emeritu C. Barut, a guard of the Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC), was tried for and found guilty of homicide by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 276, in Muntinlupa City under the judgment rendered on December 11, 2000, whereby he was sentenced to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment for 10 years and one day of prision mayor, as the minimum, to 17 years and eight months of reclusion temporal, as the maximum, and to indemnify the heirs of Vincent Ucag in the total amount of P250,000.00, inclusive of the actual and moral damages.1 On appeal, the...