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People. Vs. Pudpud, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANGELINO PUDPUD, ELEUTERIO CUBELO and PASTOR CERELIGIA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-26731 | 1971-06-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

The plea for reversal of appellants Angelino Pudpud, Eleuterio Cubelo and Pastor Cereligia, from a judgment of conviction by the lower court for murder and attempted murder, a killing motivated by a long-standing grudge caused by a dispute over a piece of land that brought deep-seated resentment and bitterness in its wake, is premised on the absence of any culpable act on their part, outside of their presence at the scene of the crime. They would place sole responsibility on one of the other accused, likewise convicted Icasiano Pudpud, brother of Angelino and brother-in-law of the two other appellants, as it...