People vs. De Los SantosMarch 31, 1950
Facts: Juan Delos Santos was charged and convicted of parricide
for killing wife Mercedes.
One evening, Juan caught another man, their neighbor Asuerto,
lying on top of his wife. Juan raised his bolo to slash the man but
the bolo landed on Mercedes.
Held: Court denied his claim of 2 mitigating circumstance, 1)
provocation, 2) passion and obfuscation. There was only one
mitigating circumstance, passion and obfuscation because it arose
from one and the same cause, should be treated as only one.
Sentenced to reclusion perpetua.
