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PEOPLE vs Florencio R. Estillore

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FLORENCIO ESTILLORE y RABINA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-68459 | 1986-03-04

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

Accused-appellant, Florencio Estillore y Rabina, seeks a reversal of the judgment of the Regional Trial Court, Branch IV, Bohol (in Criminal Case No. 3480), convicting him of Murder, qualified by evident premeditation and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

The version of the prosecution is built principally on the testimonies of Heracleo Daradar and Sgt. Ireneo Ulgaran, which have been summarized as follows:

"At about past 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon of June 6, 1983, Heracleo Daradar was seated inside the Alud-Vera Store belonging to Aludio Daradar (Heracleo's father) located at the corner of...