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PEOPLE vs. Paulito Garcia, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PAULITO GARCIA and PABLO CANONIGO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-36162 | 1981-07-31

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, JR., J.:

On or about 4:45 in the afternoon of November 21, 1970, Carlito Alejo was stabbed to death in the National Penitentiary at Muntinglupa, Rizal. The Necropsy Report 1 shows that he sustained the following injuries:

"Stab wounds, with clean-cut edges and sharp extremities:

(1) Chest, anterior aspect, left, at the level of the 2nd intercostal space, 5.0 cms. from the anterior median line, 2.5 cms. in size, oriented vertically, directed backwards, slightly medially and downwards, involving among other things, the soft tissues, thru the 2nd intercostal space, into the left thoracic cavity, perforating...