People vs.

De Los Santos
March 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.