Title
People vs. Balondo
Case
G.R. No. L-27401
Decision Date
Oct 31, 1969
Diego Balondo confessed to brutally murdering and mutilating his 16-year-old niece in 1966. Despite his guilty plea, the Supreme Court reduced his death sentence to reclusion perpetua, citing mitigating circumstances and insufficient votes for capital punishment.
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