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PEOPLE vs. Bernardo Espinosa

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BERNARDO ESPINOSA, alias "Boy," defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-34845 | 1982-03-15

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, JR., J.:

In the early afternoon of March 27, 1970, a Good Friday, at Sitio Banaba, Barrio Concordia, Municipality of Burgos, Pangasinan Province, the victim Mario Bonrostro was suddenly attacked and shot with an air rifle, causing various wounds on his head, face and neck, that resulted in his death at 12:05 a.m. on March 28, 1970, at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital. [1]

As a result of the investigation conducted, a criminal complaint for murder, dated April 1, 1970, was filed against Bernardo Espinosa, alias "Boy" in the Municipal Court of Burgos, Pangasinan. [2]

An information dated October 9, 1970,...