Supreme Court decision · Criminal Law

People of the Philippine Islands v. Ablug y Abondo

G. R. No. 38945 · Promulgated May 29, 1934

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This case is about the modification of a criminal sentence where the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment with indemnity and costs.

Intermediate Sentence Law, Imprisonment, Indemnity, Costs, Appeal

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[ G. R. No. 38945, May 29, 1934 ]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE VS. CARLOS ABLUG Y ABONDO, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

D E C I S I O N

J. STEVENS-ACTING CLERK OF COURT

This court having regularly acquired jurisdiction for the trial of the above-entitled cause submitted by both parties for decision,after consideration thereof by the Court upon the record, its decision and order for the judgment having been filed on the ________6th________day of ________May________, A. D. nineteen hundred and _________thirty-four________;

By virtue thereof it is hereby adjudged and decreed that the order of the Court of the First Instance of ___________Manila________, dated the __________13th__________ day of __________December____________, nineteen hundred and ___________thirty-two____________, and from which the above-entitled appeal was taken, be, and the same is hereby, modified and in conformity with the provisions of the Intermediate Sentece Law, the defendant is found guilty as charged and is sentenced to imprisonment to a minimum of 6 months of arresto mayor and to a maximum of 5 years, 5 months and 11 days of prision correccional, to indemnify the offended party, VicenteRabang in the sum of P66.00, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency to the accessories provided by law and to pay the costs. The sum of P234.00, Exhibit A, will be returned to Vicente Rebang.

The costs amount to P24.00, for the collection of which the trial judge shall proceed by summary proceeding.

It is further ordered that the said cause be remanded to the Court of First Instance.