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PEOPLE vs. Florentino Almendras

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLORENTINO ALMENDRAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33327 | 1982-07-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

On August 8, 1970, at about 2:00 a.m. in Cebu City, victim Clemente Abellanosa, while riding at the back of a motorcycle driven by another person, was suddenly shot by a person also riding at the back of another motorcycle driven by somebody else. As a result, the victim died early the next day, after surgery.

After investigation, an information dated August 13, 1970, was filed as Criminal Case No. CCC-XIV-136 in the Circuit Criminal Court, Cebu City, as follows:

"The undersigned Special Counsel of the City of Cebu accuses Florentino Almendras of the crime of Murder, committed as follows:

"That on...