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People vs. Tibayan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REDENTOR TIBAYAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-39075 | 1978-09-30

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Redentor Tibayan appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cavite, Tagaytay City Branch, convicting him of murder, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay an indemnity of P12,000 to the heirs of the deceased Nicomedes Garcia plus P20.000 as moral damages (Criminal Case No. TG-124-73).

At around six-thirty in the morning of August 10, 1969, Nicomedes Garcia, a twenty three-year old farmer, a, feloniously ambushed and shot to death at Pasong Lagarian near Barrios Minantok and Bucal, Amadeo, Cavite.

The postmortem examination of his body conducted by the municipal health...