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PEOPLE vs.Jacobito Marquez, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JACOBITO MARQUEZ, alias "BOY MARQUEZ", SATURNINO JARON, CELESTINO ABRIGO, alias "CELING WARAY", alias "CELESTINO JAVINEZ", defendants; JACOBITO MARQUEZ, alias "BOY MARQUEZ", defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31403 | 1981-12-14

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

On the evening of December 23, 1965, inside an A.C. passenger jeepney in the poblacion of Davao City, with the driver and six passengers, victim Rolando Jardiel was suddenly stabbed by one of the other passengers from behind, causing his death later at the Brokenshire Hospital, where he was taken for treatment. 1

The first information filed for murder, dated December 21, 1966, or about one year after the crime was committed, accused only Jacobito Marquez, alias "Boy Marquez" of the crime. 2

The Amended Information, dated February 28, 1967, charges Jacobito Marquez, alias "Boy Marquez", Saturnino...