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Parricide Case of Manolo Villanueva by Rex is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Manolo Villanueva was convicted of parricide with unintentional abortion for the death of his wife Nora. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. However, the Supreme Court ruled this was incorrect. For parricide, the penalty is death, but due to the constitutional ban this cannot be imposed. Therefore, the proper penalty under the Revised Penal Code is reclusion perpetua, not life imprisonment. While the trial court correctly found Villanueva guilty, the Supreme Court modified the sentence to th

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Rex

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