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PEOPLE vs. Alfredo Araquel 106 Phil 677

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellant, vs. ALFREDO ARAQUEL, defendant-appellee.

G.R. No. L-12629 | 1959-12-09

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ DAVID, J.:

This is an appeal by the Government from an order of the Court of First Instance of Ilocos Sur, dismissing the information for homicide filed against the accused Alfredo Araquel on the ground of double jeopardy.
The record shows that on January 30, 1955, the acting chief of police of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, filed with the justice of the peace court of that municipality a complaint for homicide against Alfredo Araquel accusing him of having hacked and killed Alberto Pagadian with a bolo. More than a year and a half later, or on July 3, 1956, while said complaint, for reasons not stated, was still...