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People vs. Resayaga y Babol

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HIPOLITO RESAYAGA Y BABOL, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-23234 | 1973-12-26

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J:

This is an appeal of defendant Hipolito Resayaga from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Sur, convicting him of murder, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the heirs of Severo Parro in the sum of P6,000 and to pay the costs.

The evidence for the prosecution shows that at approximately seven o'clock in the evening of August 24, 1962 Severo Parro, Sotero Yuson, Zosimo Biag, Manuel Bañaga, Silverio Cadag and Ireneo Cadag were in the town plaza of Baao, Camarines Sur. The occasion was the town fiesta.
Yuson, who was drunk, was behaving in an unruly manner....