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PEOPLE vs. Rudy Tiongson

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUDY TIONGSON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35123-24 | 1984-07-25

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

At about 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon of October 26, 1971, the accused Rudy Tiongson escaped from the Municipal Jail of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, together with George de la Cruz and Rolando Santiago, where they were detained under the charge of Attempted Homicide. While in the act of escaping, the said Rudy Tiongson killed Pat. Zosimo Gelera, a member of the police force of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, who was guarding the said accused, and PC Constable Aurelio Canela of the PC Detachment stationed in Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, who went in pursuit of them.

By reason thereof, Rudy Tiongson was...