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Casya?eras vs. Court of Appeals, et al

CARLOS CASTA?ARES, petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-41269-70 | 1979-08-06

D E C I S I O N

GUERRERO, J:

Petitioner Carlos Castañares was charged before the Court of First Instance of Rizal under two separate informations for homicide for the deaths of Manuel Pacheco and Felizardo Pacheco, brothers, on February 7,1967 between ten o'clock and eleven o'clock in the evening within the Rufina Patis Compound at Calle Pescador, Malabon, Rizal. The accused admitted the fact of killing the two brothers but he interposed as his defense the justifying circumstance of complete self-defense. After trial, the lower court convicted him and imposed the following sentence:

"WHEREFORE, the accused Carlos...