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PEOPLE Vs. Carlos C. Florida

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CARLOS FLORIDA y CEPEDA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 90254 | 1992-09-24

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Paquito S. Ravelo, a Technical Sergeant in the Philippine Constabulary, was shot in the evening of 13 February 1988 at the corner of Gumamela and Ilang-Ilang Streets in Lower Bicutan, Taguig, Metro Manila. He sustained four (4) gunshot wounds in the head and trunk and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Camp Bagong Diwa. Witnesses claimed that his assailants were Bernardino Galvante and Carlos Florida.

On 16 March 1988, an Information 1 was filed in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig, Metro Manila, charging accused Carlos Florida y Cepeda with the crime of murder committed as follows:...