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PEOPLE vs. Porferop Sosing

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PORFERIO SOSING, accused-appellant. Actg. Solicitor General Vicente V. Mendoza, Assistant Solicitor General Guillermo C. Nakar, Jr. and Solicitor Celia Lipana-Reyes for plaintiff-appellee. Teodoro C. San Juan and Arceli A. Rubin of the Citizens Legal Assistance Office for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-42791 | 1982-01-30

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

A review of the death sentence imposed by the Court of First Instance of Leyte upon Porferio Sosing for the crime of robbery with homicide.

Between the hours of 1:00 and 2:00 in the morning of August 28, 1974, Emilia Tinaya, a 64-year old widow, was slain in her house at the poblacion of Julita, Leyte, a victim of multiple stab wounds, to wit: five [5] stab wounds on the neck, one on the right shoulder, and another at the deltoid region, left arm. According to Dr. Severo Cunanan, medico-legal officer of the NBI, the injuries sustained by the victim on the neck were fatal. [1]

The motive for the killing has...