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PEOPLE vs. Prudencio Damiar, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PRUDENCIO DAMIAR, CRISPULO DAMIAR, PORFERIO DAMIAR, BAILON MONROY, CECILIO ROSARIO, RODRIGO BONCALES, and LEONCIO LICANDA, accused, PRUDENCIO DAMIAR, PORFERIO DAMIAR, BAILON MONROY and LEONCIO LICANDA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-27178 | 1984-02-20

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Information for the crime of Murder was filed against Prudencio Damiar, Crispulo Damiar, Porferio Damiar, Bailon Monroy, Cecilio Rosario, Rodrigo Boncales, Leoncio Licanda and two unidentified persons designated as John Doe and Richard Doe before the then Court of First Instance of Samar, docketed as Criminal Case No. C-1106. At the arraignment, all the accused pleaded not guilty, except Prudencio Damiar who claimed the mitigating circumstances of voluntary surrender, provocation on the part of the deceased, passion and obfuscation.

After trial, the lower court rendered a decision, the dispositive portion of...