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PEOPLE vs Robert Nunez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERT NUNEZ y LAGASCA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 112092 | 2001-03-01

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated May 26, 1993, of the Regional Trial Court of Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Branch 48, convicting appellant of the crime of qualified illegal possession of firearms, sentencing him to life imprisonment, and ordering him to pay the costs.

The facts are as follows:

On March 6, 1992, at around 2:00 to 3:00 P.M., in Palina Sur, Urdaneta, Pangasinan, four (4) persons, namely Teofilo Pacquing, Calixto Pacorza,[2] Marlito Pariñas and Roy Tolentino were riding a tricycle driven by Jerry Almendrez.[3] When they passed by the gate of appellant's family compound, appellant fired at them from a...