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PEOPLE vs Georgino Bonigacio, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GEORGINO BONIFACIO y MENDOZA and JERRY BONIFACIO y MENDOZA, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 133799 | 2002-02-05

Justifying Circumstance of Self-Defense

Alibi

Facts:

- The victim was hacked for behind by one of the accused-appellants, Jerry Bonifacio, causing him to fall face down.

- Accused-appellant Georgino Bonifacio followed suit and repeatedly stabbed the victim.

- Saavedra, the victim, suffered 1 incised wound and 7 stab wound.

- Georgino Bonifacio admitted having killed the victim but interposed self-defense.

- Jerry Bonifacio denied participation in the crime. He claimed that, at the night of the incident, he was in a place 8 kilometers away from the scene of the crime.

- The trial court appreciated conspiracy in the commission of the...