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PEOPLE vs. Jesus Vargas, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS VARGAS, JR. (AKA) "LUCKY", defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 86728 | 1990-04-06

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

It was at 9:00 o'clock in the evening of October 29, 1982, while Romeo Malones, Sr. was reading the Bible by a kerosene lamp in his house at Barangay Banugan, Municipality of Dueñas, Iloilo, when his house was sprayed with bullets causing his death as well as that of his daughter Rosalie, and physical injuries to the remaining members of his family.

Romeo Malones, Jr. heard the first burst of gunfire that came from the back of the house. He was resting in the extension of the house. His mother, brother and sisters were also resting in the receiving room.

Romeo, Jr. peeped through the wall of bamboo...