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PEOPLE vs. Felipe Gumahin

PEOPLE vs. Felipe Gumahin

G.R. No. L-22357 | 1967-10-31

D E C I S I O N 


FERNANDO, J.: 

On April 23, 1960, close to midnight in Ampinican, Salay, Misamis Oriental, on an occasion that should have been attended with joy and gaiety, a ball for the canvassing of votes to determine who would be the barrio queen, tragedy struck unexpectedly and unaccountably. The president of the local Parents-Teachers' Association, Antonio Galamiton, was shot dead. Appellant, Felipe Gumahin, then a municipal policeman of Salay, was indicted for murder, tried, and having been found guilty, sentenced to death. Under the law, the case was sent up to us for automatic review. 

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