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PEOPLE vs. Genaro Obenia 091 Phil 292

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GENARO OBENIA, ROBERTA RASALAN, and ANSELMO HUGO, defendants and appellants

G.R. No. L-4218 | 1952-05-19

D E C I S I O N


LABRADOR, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Quezon in the above-entitled case finding the defendants-appellants Genaro Obenia, Roberta Rasalan, and Anselmo Hugo guilty as co- principals for the murder of Emilio Andaya, and defendant-appellant Domingo Abris guilty as accomplice to said crime, and sentencing them accordingly.

On January 19, 1948, at around four in the afternoon, Emilio Andaya, a resident of Tayabas, was arrested in the barrio of Langca by men under defendant-appellant Anselmo Hugo, a Huk leader. That same evening, at six, he was brought to the barrio of Alitao, and...