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People vs. Binas [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE BIÑAS @ NESTOR BIÑAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121630 | 1999-12-08

D E C I S I O N
 
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:
 
At about 9:00 p.m. in the evening of July 14, 1992, Crisanto Suarez was at home with his wife and seven (7) children when someone called and asked him to come out as he was hiding a firearm. Crisanto, however, kept silent. As he knelt down beside a table and lighted a kerosene lamp, a man barged into the house and shot him in the face. The gunman then rushed out and was seen fleeing with two (2) other companions.

For the fatal shooting of Crisanto Suarez y Dangan, Jose Biñas @ Nestor Biñas, together with two other unidentified persons described only as John Doe and Peter Doe were...