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PEOPLE Vs. Antonio M. Lazarte

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO LAZARTE y MOGALLON, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Francisco B. Bayona for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 89762 | 1991-08-07

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

At around 11:45 o'clock P.M., on October 8, 1986, Lorenzo Lara was sleeping in his residence at Zone 5 Signal Village, Taguig, Metro Manila. A knock at the door, awakened him. He stood up and opened the door, but he saw nobody.

Then, to his surprise, someone entered the house through the window. It was Nonito Jambunganan y Hundana, the owner of the house which Lara was occupying for free, as a caretaker.

Seeing Lara, Nonito embraced him. As Lara held Nonito, he felt blood in the latter's clothes and sensed that he had wounds in his body. When he asked Nonito what happened, the latter replied, "Tol,...