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PEOPLE Vs. Eugenio G. Lagarto, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUGENIO LAGARTO y GETALADO, JR., accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Dakila F. Castro & Associates for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 65833 | 1991-05-06

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is an automatic review of the judgment ** of the Regional Trial Court, 8th Judicial Region, Branch XXII, Laoang, Northern Samar, in Criminal Case No. 1566, finding the accused EUGENIO LAGARTO y GETALADO, JR. guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of MURDER.

The pertinent facts of the case are:

In the early evening of May 25, 1983, Reynaldo Aducal, who was buying fish in the public market, Poblacion Laoang, Northern Samar, was fatally stabbed. Right after the stabbing, the assailant was apprehended by Pfc. Wenefredo Laguitan whose commendable act thwarted the assailant's escape.

For the killing of...