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PEOPLE vs Brigido Encipido, etal.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BRIGIDO ENCIPIDO, CHARLITO MANATAD, JESUS RUBIO, RUDY LUMARDA, JOSE CAGAGERAN, EDDIE DE LA PE?A, CRIS RAMIRE, and JESUS or JOHN DOE, accused, BRIGIDO ENCIPIDO, CHARLITO MANATAD, and EDDIE DE LA PE?A, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 70091 | 1986-12-29

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

On March 30, 1982, Jose Lacumbes (hereinafter referred to as the DECEASED), a resident of Barangay Mabini in the Municipality of Tubajon, Surigao del Norte, was found killed by his wife and children near the hut in their farm in Sitio Capacohan in the same barangay. Post Mortem findings performed the following morning were:

"1) Incised wound of the neck.

2) Eight [8] multiple stab wounds at the back; one [1] inch in length and two and a half [2 1/2] inches in depth.

3) Removed right external ear.

4) Contusions left lumbar region.

5) Both hands tied at the back with rattan.

CAUSE OF DEATH:...