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PEOPLE vs. Estanislao Sumadic

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ESTANISLAO SUMADIC, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38163 | 1982-04-27

D E C I S I O N


ERICTA, J.:

For having allegedly killed Luis Sampil through treachery and with evident premeditation, Estanislao Sumadic alias Tanit was accused of murder in the Court of First Instance of Iloilo. Having been convicted after trial and sentenced, among others, to reclusion perpetua, he now appeals to this Court.

Cirila Sampil is the widow of Luis Sampil. She testified that at about 8:00 or 8:30 in the evening of September 1, 1972, she arrived at the train station of Bo. Barasan, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, coming from Puno Pequiño, Dueñas, Iloilo where she was a school teacher. She was met at the station by her...