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G.R. No. 1828 January 27, 1905 - UNITED STATES v. FERMIN MANGADO
004 Phil 171:
004 Phil 171:
FIRST DIVISION
[G.R. No. 1828. January 27, 1905. ]
THE UNITED STATES, Complainant-Appellee, v. FERMIN MANGADO, Defendant-Appellant.
Claudio Gabriel for Appellant.
Solicitor-General Araneta for Appellee.
SYLLABUS
1. CRIMINAL LAW; HOMICIDE. — An individual who, in company with several others, goes to the house of the deceased, and calls him out, and as he comes out, shoots and kills him, is guilty of the crime of homicide.
2. ID.; ID.; AGGRAVATING. CIRCUMSTANCES; NOCTURNITY; PENALTY. — The fact that the crime was committed at night and at an unusual time, constitutes the aggravation of nocturnity, and therefore, in accordance with article 81 of the Penal Code, the corresponding penalty should be imposed in its maximum degree.
2. ID.; ID.; AGGRAVATING. CIRCUMSTANCES; NOCTURNITY; PENALTY. — The fact that the crime was committed at night and at an unusual time, constitutes the aggravation of nocturnity, and therefore, in accordance with article 81 of the Penal Code, the corresponding penalty should be imposed in its maximum degree.
D E C I S I O N
JOHNSON, J. :
The defendant here was charged with the crime of homicide, committed in the barrio of Salusoy, pueblo of Meycauayan, in the Province of Bulacan, in the month of August, 1900.
The defendant was tried by the judge of the Court of First Instance of the Province of Bulacan, in the month of January, 1904, found guilty of the crime charged, and sentence by said judge to the penalty of reclusion temporal of seventeen years and one day, and to pay the costs.
The evidence shows that the defendant, together with several other persons unknown, went to the house of Perfecto Ronudel, in the said barrio, about midnight of a day in the month of August, 1900; that the said defendant called to the said Perfecto Ronudel, who was sleeping at that time in his house, and that when the said Perfecto Ronudel appeared he was immediately shot by the said defendant with a gun, the ball entering the stomach and passing through the body of the said Ronudel, from which wound the said Ronudel then and there died immediately. This proof is supported by the testimony of the wife of the said Ronudel, as well as that of Julian Geronimo. The wound and the death of the said Ronudel was confirmed also by the testimony of other witnesses.
The defendant offered no proof in his defense.
The trial judge took into consideration the aggravating circumstance of nocturnity and therefore imposed the maximum penalty of reclusion temporal, with the costs, in conformity with articles 81 and 404 of the Penal Code.
The evidence is sufficient to sustain the sentence of the trial judge. It is therefore affirmed. So ordered.
Arellano, C.J., Torres, Mapa and Carson, JJ., concur.
The defendant was tried by the judge of the Court of First Instance of the Province of Bulacan, in the month of January, 1904, found guilty of the crime charged, and sentence by said judge to the penalty of reclusion temporal of seventeen years and one day, and to pay the costs.
The evidence shows that the defendant, together with several other persons unknown, went to the house of Perfecto Ronudel, in the said barrio, about midnight of a day in the month of August, 1900; that the said defendant called to the said Perfecto Ronudel, who was sleeping at that time in his house, and that when the said Perfecto Ronudel appeared he was immediately shot by the said defendant with a gun, the ball entering the stomach and passing through the body of the said Ronudel, from which wound the said Ronudel then and there died immediately. This proof is supported by the testimony of the wife of the said Ronudel, as well as that of Julian Geronimo. The wound and the death of the said Ronudel was confirmed also by the testimony of other witnesses.
The defendant offered no proof in his defense.
The trial judge took into consideration the aggravating circumstance of nocturnity and therefore imposed the maximum penalty of reclusion temporal, with the costs, in conformity with articles 81 and 404 of the Penal Code.
The evidence is sufficient to sustain the sentence of the trial judge. It is therefore affirmed. So ordered.
Arellano, C.J., Torres, Mapa and Carson, JJ., concur.
