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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Manangan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFONSO MANANGAN, alias ONSONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32733 | 1974-09-11

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is a murder case. The prosecution's evidence shows that at about one o'clock in the morning of November 13, 1968, while Alejo Cayago and his wife Rosalina Garlitos were sleeping in their house located at Barrio Vedania, Mangatarem, Pangasinan, they were awakened by a noise coming from the corral where their carabao was tethered.

Suspecting that someone was going to steal their carabao, Cayago stood up and went to the batalan (porch) which was a little over five feet above the ground. He felt the urge to urinate. While answering that call of nature, he was successively shot five times. He died instantly....