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PEOPLE vs Inocencio Gonzalez, Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. INOCENCIO GONZALEZ, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139542 | 2001-06-21

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Many unfortunate tragedies would not have happened if the improvident use of a firearm did not exacerbate a simple altercation over traffic. This is one of them.

On a day intended to pay homage to the dead, a pregnant woman was shot to death in the course of her husband's altercation with the accused-appellant and his son along the Garden of Remembrance within the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina. The trial court found the accused guilty of the complex crime of murder and two counts of frustrated murder and accordingly sentenced him to death. This case is before us on automatic review.

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