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PEOPLE vs. Jose Orpilla, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE ORPILLA, alias "TOTOY", and JESUS TORIO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-30621 | 1981-12-14

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

For the killing of Marciana Garcia in the morning of April 24, 1967, inside her stall at the Public Market of Binalonan, Pangasinan, a complaint for murder was filed on June 23, 1967, in the Municipal Court of Binalonan, Pangasinan, against Jose T. Orpilla, alias "Totoy" and Jesus Torio. 1

After the preliminary investigation, the Municipal Court on August 7, 1967 remanded the case to the Court of First Instance of Lingayen, Pangasinan, for further proceedings. 2 A reinvestigation was conducted by the prosecuting fiscal who found out that there existed a prima facie case for Robbery with Homicide...