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PEOPLE vs Guillermo Nepomuceno, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GUILLERMO NEPOMUCENO, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130800 | 1999-06-29

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

Accused-appellant Guillermo Nepomuceno, Jr., (hereafter NEPOMUCENO) was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Manila with parricide in Criminal Case No. 94-136491 and with qualified illegal possession of firearm in Criminal Case No. 94-139839. The crime of parricide was alleged to have been committed with the use of an unlicensed firearm. The two cases were consolidated and assigned to Branch 46 of the said court. NEPOMUCENO entered a plea of not guilty in each case.

Despite the consolidation, Criminal Case No. 94-136491 was tried first. On 20 November 1996, judgment was rendered finding...