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PEOPLE Vs. Ricardo V. Pajarit, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO PAJARIT y VALENCIA, RODOLFO PAGADOR, JAIME OBRA and JOHN DOES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 82770 | 1992-10-19

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

For love of a woman, one man has been stabbed to death and his rival, together with his companion, has been convicted of the killing. The judgment is now before us. The accused-appellants pray for reversal, claiming that the circumstantial evidence against them was not sufficient to convict.

The information for murder was originally filed in the Court of First Instance of La Union against Ricardo Pajarit, Rodolfo Pagador, Jaime Obra, and several John Does. The charge against Obra was dropped when he died during the trial of the case.

The series of events leading to the tragedy began in the afternoon of May...