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PEOPLE. Vs. Alfredo Marmita, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFREDO MARMITA, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 75618 | 1989-12-29

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

It was half past ten in the evening of June 11, 1983, in Barangay San Vicente, Municipality of Alangalang, Province of Leyte. There was a public dance and the participants and onlookers were obviously enjoying themselves. Suddenly a shot rang out and the people scampered away in panic. Two more shots followed. Within minutes, a man was dead with two bullet wounds in his back. His name was Nathaniel Quiñones.

The assailant, according to the prosecution, was Alfredo Marmita, Jr. He was charged with murder in an information dated September 8, 1983, and underwent trial after he waived preliminary...