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Ladines vs. People

PEDRO LADINES, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND EDWIN DE RAMON, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 167333 | 2016-01-11

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
To impose the highest within a period of the imposable penalty without specifying the justification for doing so is an error on the part of the trial court that should be corrected on appeal. In default of such justification, the penalty to be imposed is the lowest of the period.
 
The Case
 
The petitioner appeals the decision promulgated on October 22, 2004,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed his conviction for homicide by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 53, in Sorsogon City under the judgment rendered on February 10, 2003.[2]
 
Antecedents
 
On August 12, 1993, an...