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PEOPLE vs Agustin Agpawan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AGUSTIN AGPAWAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 123853 | 2000-08-25

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

AGUSTIN AGPAWAN and BONIFACIO CHUMACOG together with three (3) John Does were charged with murder for the violent death of Christopher Batan. Only Agpawan was apprehended and tried, while the rest have remained at large.

On 23 February 1993 Christopher Batan, Mila Fana-ang and Fr. Eduardo Solang were taking a rest at a dried creek on their way to Betwagan, Sadanga, Mountain Province. The group of accused Agpawan passed by. After some thirty (30) minutes, Batan, Fana-ang and Solang proceeded on their way to Betwagan. There they met the group of accused Chumacog who ordered them to stop. Batan, Fana-ang and...