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PEOPLE vs. Jose Tiu

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. (EMBAS) JOSE TIU, SANTOS AROCHA, RODOLFO LEAL - Deceased, LUIS (LICAROS) DENOLAN, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 75032-33 | 1992-12-01

D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J:

As the carabao lowed in protest at the tugging rope, the killers struck. One of the victims dropped dead with a bullet in his spine while the other crawled to hide with his bloodied leg. The darkness soon engulfed the killers as they fled. But not before their faces were seen by the witnesses to the gory deed, by the light of the lamp and the moon and the stars.

On July 27, 1981, two informations for murder and frustrated murder were filed against Jose (Embas) Tiu, Santos Arocha, Rodolfo Leal and Luis Licaros Denolan, for the killing of Warlito Jumangpang and the wounding of his father, Otillo Jumangpang. The...