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Cesar Case: Homicide Sentencing Review by Jian Cerrero is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The lower court found Cesar guilty of a complex crime of assault on a person in authority resulting in homicide. While it properly considered his minority status and guilty plea as mitigating circumstances, it erred in imposing the maximum penalty instead of the minimum. The Supreme Court ruled that the penalty should have been prision mayor in its minimum range, not maximum, given the mitigating factors. It modified the ruling to sentence Cesar to 6-10 years and 8 months of prision mayor instead of the low
- Author
- Jian Cerrero
- Language
- EN