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PEOPLE Vs. Francisco Benitez, Jr., Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO BENITEZ, JR. @ JIMMY, and RODANTE CESAR, accused. FRANCISCO BENITEZ, JR., alias JIMMY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 83697 | 1991-10-04

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

In an alley at Barangay Sapang, Ternate, Cavite, in the evening of June 21, 1980, Ferdinand Andra was set upon and stabbed in the abdomen and in the back. Immediately after the assault, he was given emergency medical treatment at the Grace Hospital at Rosario, Cavite, but eventually died from his wounds five (5) days later.

It was not until seven (7) months later that an information was filed in the Regional Trial Court of Cavite against one of the persons suspected of the crime, Romeo Ilustrisimo. The indictment filed on February 2, 1981 accused Ilustrisimo of the felony of murder by having - "together...