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PEOPLE vs. Lucila V. Valero

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LUCILA VALERO y VARILLA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-45283-84 | 1982-03-19

D E C I S I O N


ERICTA, J.:

Lucila Valero alias Rosing and Alfonsito Valero alias "Pipe" were accused in the Municipal Court of San Rafael, Bulacan in two separate complaints, one of double murder and the other of frustrated murder.

After the preliminary investigations, the complaints against Alfonsito Valero were dismissed "on the ground that he is a deaf mute and, therefore, all the proceedings against him were beyond his comprehension." Lucila Valero remained as the sole defendant. After the trial in the Court of First Instance of Bulacan where the records were later forwarded for appropriate proceedings, the trial Court convicted...