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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Turalba

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTEMIO TURALBA, alias ARTING, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29118 | 1974-02-28

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

At around seven o'clock in the evening of April 29, 1964 Pablo Fernandez, a forty-eight year old barrio captain, was in front of his small store located at Carosucan Sur, Asingan, Pangasinan. While engaged in the routinary chore of fixing the ropes for the yoke or for hauling the load (guyudan) of his carabao, he was struck by a shotgun blast. He was rushed to the Tayug Emergency Hospital where he expired soon after his admission.

Doctor Melquiades A. Bravo, the surgeon who examined the cadaver of Fernandez, certified that the cause of death was "irreversible shock due to massive internal and external...