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PEOPLE vs. Segundino Utrela

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SEGUNDINO UTRELA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38172 | 1981-07-15

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

In the afternoon of March 28, 1971, Feliciana Areola and her 9-year old son, Conrado, were harvesting bananas at their plantation in Nanabuan, Ballesteros, Cagayan. While thus engaged, Feliciana's right thigh was hit by a pellet from a homemade shotgun which was fired by Segundino Utrela. Upon being hit, Feliciana ran to the house of Zitanga Barrio Captain Luciano Tumbaga, leaving Conrado behind. Tumbaga brought Feliciana to the clinic of Dr. Estrella Fernandez where she was treated.

After Tumbaga had brought Feliciana to the clinic, he went to the Police Department to report the incident. There he saw...