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PEOPLE vs. Arcadio L De la Rosa 207 Phil. 129

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARCADIO DE LA ROSA y LANDICHO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-33606 | 1983-05-16

D E C I S I O N 

GUERRERO, J p: 

On December 4, 1970, at about 12:00 noon, on the occasion of a student demonstration being held in the vicinity of Feati University in Sta. Cruz district, Manila, tragedy struck unexpectedly. Francis Sontillano, a 16-year old student of the Philippine Science High School, along with Marlon Fuentes, Ciriaco Lagunsad, and Eleuterio Gutierrez, also students of the same school, were hit by a pillbox bomb causing the instantaneous death of Sontillano and physical injuries to the others. 

On December 14, 1970, an indictment for "Murder with Multiple Attempted Murder" was filed with the Circuit...