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People vs. Barbosa

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HERMENEGILDO BARBOSA and RUBEN BARBOSA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-39779 | 1978-11-07

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is a murder case. According to the prosecution, late in the evening of June 30, 1972, when Francisco Ballolong, his wife Anselma Calope and their children were already in bed, their neighbors and relatives, Ruben Barbosa (the barrio captain), his wife Elvira Calope (Anselma's cousin) and his mother Nemesia Borja (Anselma's aunt), went to the yard of their house located at Barrio Benben, La Paz, Abra. Francisco's house was around thirty meters away from the houses of Ruben and Nemesia. Roberto Tarona's house was in the same neighborhood.

Ruben and Elvira asked Francisco (their Manong Ikko) to go down...