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People vs. Payao, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELINO PAYAO, EUFRACIO COREO Alias SOFRIANO BARRANTES, ARTEMIO DOSAL and EDUARDO ILAO, defendants, EUFRACIO COREO Alias SOFRIANO BARRANTES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-29364 | 1975-11-21

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

Marcelino Payao, Eufracio Coreo, Artemio Dosal and Eduardo Ilao were indicted for the crime of murder, the victim being one Filomeno Gruta. 1 Marcelino Payao pleaded guilty and assumed sole and full responsibility for the offense. It did not suffice for the acquittal of Eufracio Coreo, now appellant. The fact that there was testimony from two prosecuting witnesses to the effect that he inflicted a wound in the breast of the deceased just below the left nipple which, in the opinion of the doctor who performed the autopsy, was equally of a fatal character, persuaded the trial court to hand down a judgment of...