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PEOPLE. Vs. Saturnino Rey

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SATURNINO REY, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 80089 | 1989-04-13

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Saturnino Rey was charged with the crime of Murder before the Regional Trial Court of Capiz, committed as follows:

"That on or about 8:40 o'clock in the evening of May 28, 1983, at Poblacion, Pilar, Capiz, Philippines, within the jurisdiction of this Court, the above-named accused armed with a .45 caliber pistol, did then and there, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously shoot one NICOLAS PAGAYUNAN in a sudden and in unexpected manner, thereby inflicting upon the latter a gunshot wound above the nipple and sternum, right, thru and thru which caused his death thereafter;" 1

After trial, Judge Rodrigo V....