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PEOPLE. Vs. Jose R. Castillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE CASTILLO Y RIZADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 32864 | 1989-03-08

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

In this appeal interposed directly from the decision of the then Circuit Criminal Court of Manila of the former Sixth Judicial District, in Case No. CCC-VI-178-70, 1 the appellant was convicted as the principal and his co-accused Emmanuel Maliclic as an accomplice in the crime of murder.

It is alleged in the information filed in said case that on May 8, 1970 in the City of Manila both accused, acting in conspiracy together and with others still unknown, treacherously and with evident premeditation inflicted multiple gunshot wounds on the person of one Dalmacio Roxas y Velasquez, which injuries were the...