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People vs. Torejas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERICO C. TOREJAS alias "BEN" and BONIFACIO C. TOREJAS alias "QUILINO", defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-29935 | 1972-01-31

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

Artemio Dasalla was stabbed to death in the morning of June 29, 1963 in the Municipality of Urdaneta, Pangasinan. Two brothers, Federico C. Torejas and Bonifacio C. Torejas, now appellants, were charged with murder, the qualifying circumstance alleged being that of treachery, in an information filed on November 25, 1963. After trial duly had, they were convicted and sentenced to reclusion perpetua by the lower court, no credence being paid to the claim of self-defense by Bonifacio C. Torejas who, at the same time, did impress on the trial judge that his brother, Federico, was in nowise involved, although he...