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PEOPLE vs. Getulio Pantoja

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GETULIO PANTOJA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-18793 | 1968-10-11

D E C I S I O N 


CAPISTRANO, J.: 

This murder case is before us for review of the sentence of death passed upon the accused by the Court of First Instance of Quezon. 

Late in the night of June 28, 1957, in the Barrio of Malinao, Atimonan, Quezon, a group of seven young men serenaded the house, where Estelita Erotes lived. Invited to come up, the young men accepted the invitation. When Wenceslao Hernandez was seated beside Estelita, an uninvited Philippine Army Sergeant, Getulio Pantoja, in T-shirt, came up and asked Hernandez to allow him to sit beside Estelita, but Hernandez refused the request. The time was about 1:30 A.M.,...