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Legal Analysis: Parricide Case

The defendant Berang was charged with three counts of parricide for killing his daughter and common-law wife. He was acquitted of one charge and found guilty of the other two. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction for killing his daughter, finding him guilty of parricide. However, for killing his common-law wife, who he was not clearly married to, the Court found him guilty only of homicide, not parricide.

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Legal Analysis: Parricide Case

The defendant Berang was charged with three counts of parricide for killing his daughter and common-law wife. He was acquitted of one charge and found guilty of the other two. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction for killing his daughter, finding him guilty of parricide. However, for killing his common-law wife, who he was not clearly married to, the Court found him guilty only of homicide, not parricide.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs.

BERANG (Bagobo) Facts: The appellant was charged in three different cases with parricide. He was acquitted in one of them and found guilty in the other two. From this judgment he appealed to this supreme court. Issue: Whether or not the accused is guilty of parricide. Held: Finding the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of killing his daughter Paya and Beling, with whom he lived maritally, in the absence of clear evidence of the marriage, the court considered the crime committed by Berang in killing Mora Beling as homicide only and for the crime of parricide for the death of his daughter Paya. Decision affirmed.

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