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PEOPLE vs. Eustaquio Manalo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUSTAQUIO MANALO y REBOLLOS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 45088 | 1985-02-28

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, JR., J.:

Eustaquio Manalo y Rebollos was charged before the Court of First Instance of Zamboanga City with murder committed as follows:

"That on or about September 15, 1973, in the City of Zamboanga, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, the above-named accused armed with a shotgun, with treachery and evident premeditation and with intent to kill, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously assault, attack and shoot with the shotgun that he was then armed with the person of Victor Saavedra, thereby inflicting upon the latter's person mortal wound which caused his death."

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