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PEOPLE Vs. Reynaldo Aguilar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REYNALDO AGUILAR alias "Nonong," accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 98425-26 | 1993-05-21

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

At around 8:30 o'clock in the evening of 1 August 1989 at Sitio Simsiman of Barangay Marguez in the Municipality of Esperanza, Province of Sultan Kudarat, Marcelino Aquino, who was then shelling corn under his house with his mother, Lilia Aquino, was suddenly shot at and hit by a bullet on his abdomen. He could only shout the word "Nay," before he fell dead. Three (3) more gunshots from different directions followed. Then came the shattering explosion of a hand grenade which had been lobbed into the house causing injuries to Lilia Aquino, Ailleen (or Aileen) Aquino and Argie Aquino.

On the basis of the...