Back

People vs. Obngayan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. APOLONIO OBNGAYAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29201 | 1974-01-31

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Abra Court of First Instance convicting appellant Apolonio Obngayan of the crime of murder and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua with the consequential indemnification of the heirs of the deceased Pedro Bagay in the sum of P6,000.00.

The incident which gave rise to the crime in question occurred on a clear day at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon of March l0, 1967 at the ricefields of Barrio Mañosa, of the town of Villaviciosa, Province of Abra. At about that time, after the spouses Pedro Bagay and Alingan Bagay had loaded their palay into a carabao-drawn...