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PEOPLE vs. Jack V. Sorrel

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. JACK SORREL y VILLAR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119332 | 1997-08-29

D E C I S I O N


VITUG, J.:

Teofilo Geronimo y Nicolas is a 64-year old businessman engaged in the sale of heavy equipment and spare parts with an office in the JLB building at the corner of Ronquillo and P. Gomez streets, near the Quiapo central area, where he would earn around P20,000.00 a month. 1 In the morning of 07 November of 1988, while walking along Paterno street on his way to the office, he was held up and shot to death. The bullet hit the posterior region of his head which lacerated his brain and caused abrasions on the right forehead. 2 The slug, from a .38 caliber gun, was recovered in his cranial cavity. The muzzle of the...