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PEOPLE Vs. Gregorio T. Pastoral

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO PASTORAL Y TAMONDONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 51686 | 1993-09-10

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

On the night of 19 January 1978, members of the Dagupan Police Force, acting on a verbal report, arrived at the store of one Natalia Claveria and found the prostrate body of Rodolfo Meneses, his intestines protruding. His death, caused by acute hemorrhage from a gaping stab wound in the abdomen, 5-1/2 by 1-1/4 inches, was attributed to accused-appellant GREGORIO PASTORAL, who was subsequently convicted of murder by the Circuit Criminal Court of Dagupan City on 15 June 1979 1 and sentenced to reclusion perpetua as well as to indemnify the heirs of Meneses in the amount of P12,000.00.

The facts presented...