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PEOPLE vs. Eufemio P. Caparas and Patricio Diamsay

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUFEMIO CAPARAS Y PAEZ and PATRICIO DIAMSAY Y GREGORIO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-47411 | 1981-02-20

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Patricio Diamsay y Gregorio and Eufemio Caparas y Paez were charged in the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija (Branch IV, Guimba) with, and convicted of murder, under the facts, as proved by the evidence of the prosecution, narrated in the People's brief as follows:

"This is the tragic story of two first cousins, accused Eufemio Caparas and the deceased Simeon Paez, one of whom planned the killing of the other because of conflicts over proprietary rights.

"The story began in 1967 when accused Eufemio Caparas, his sister Perpetua and his uncle Pedro Paez, father of the deceased Simeon Paez, purchased...