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PEOPLE vs Bonifacio Baltazar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO BALTAZAR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129380 | 2000-10-19

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

BONIFACIO BALTAZAR was grazing his carabao outside the cemetery of Bgy. Kaingin, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, around seven o'clock in the morning of Christmas Day 1992. When it started to rain he went inside the cemetery to seek shelter. As he entered, he smelled a foul odor which he thought was coming from one of the mausoleums. He immediately went to the house of Bgy. Capt. Anastacio Rigdaus to report the matter; however the barangay captain was not there. Baltazar was able to see him only the following day. Bgy. Capt. Rigdaus then summoned two (2) of his tanods and told them to proceed to the cemetery to...