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PEOPLE vs. Jesus Francisco, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellate, vs. JESUS FRANCISCO, ROBERTO FRANCISCO and DOMINADOR FRANCISCO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 69580 | 1990-02-15

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

Rodolfo Tongo was stabbed in the early morning of August 16, 1970, in San Roque, Milaor, Camarines Sur. He died from the stab wound eleven days later. The confessed assailant was Jesus Francisco, who claimed self-defense.

After investigation, he was prosecuted for murder, along with Roberto Francisco and Dominador Francisco. The charge was made on the basis of another entirely different version of the stabbing.

Arraignment of Jesus Francisco was held only in 1977, and that of his co-accused in 1976, because the three disappeared after the commission of the crime. 1

After trial, all of them were convicted as...