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PEOPLE vs. JAVIER GONZAGA

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JAVIER GONZAGA and ESTELITO ARIAS, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-34418 | 1977-05-26

FERNANDO, J.:

It was, to say the least, a rather unvindicated experience to which Roberta Verra, the common-law wife of the victim, Bienvenido Cordova, was subjected on the evening of May 22, 1970 in Barrio Mimamara, Mahaplag, Leyte, With the other members of the family having retired for the night, she was still up as there was a sick child under her care. First, she noticed a bolo being thrust through the floor made of bamboo slits. She peeped through an opening near the kitchen and she saw appellant Estelito Arias under the banguera holding a firearm, aiming it in the direction of the kitchen door. Immediately thereafter, there was a...