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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Salazar, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff , vs. ADRIANO SALAZAR and PABLITO MASONGSONG, accused. ADRIANO SALAZAR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32858 | 1974-08-19

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Fe Reyes-Comea, thirty-seven years old, the sole prosecution eyewitness, testified that at around eleven o'clock in the evening of January 30, 1970, she and her husband, Agapito Comea, the barrio captain, were making copra in the kiln near the house of Marcelo de Gala, located in Barrio San Vicente, General Luna, Quezon Province. The kiln was illuminated by a de gasa lamp.

While Comea was feeding the furnace of the kiln with fuel, Fe, who was at a distance of two arms' length from him, heard footsteps behind them. On turning her head, she saw Adriano Salazar at a distance of about three arms' length, aiming...