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PEOPLE vs Magayac

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL MAGAYAC, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No.126043 | 2000-04-19

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

MANUEL MAGAYAC, a member of the CAFGU, was found guilty of MURDER and sentenced to DEATH by the court a quo. His conviction is the subject of this automatic review.1 [Decision penned by Judge Antonio R. Quizon, RTC-BR. 41, Oriental Mindoro; Rollo, pp. 18-23.]

The records show that on 11 February 1994 at around 9:00 o'clock in the evening Jiminardo Jimmy Lumague, Edwin Lumague, Tino Magayac, Manuel Magayac and other menfolk of Barangay Paraiso, Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro, were on the shore preparing for night fishing.2 [TSN, 19 October 1994, pp. 14-15.] Jimmy was sitting on the kamarote when Tino...