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PEOPLE. Vs. Ruben P. Diaz, etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RUBEN DIAZ y PEPITO and SERGI DIAZ y PEPITO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 75433 | 1988-11-09

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

At about 8:00 in the evening of December 24, 1983, a group of people celebrated their Christmas party in the house of Jovita Seno in Barangay Luz, Cebu City. Among those present were Doroteo Rosales, Edilberto Seno, Rosalito Villamor and Jorge Villamor, the younger brother of Jovita Seno At about 1:00 in the morning of the following day, Jovita sent her brother Jorge to a nearby store to buy six (6) bottles of beer. Jorge asked Doroteo Rosales to accompany him and the latter followed him to the store.

At the store, appellant Sergio Diaz confronted Jorge and punched him. Immediately thereafter, appellant...