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PEOPLE vs Yamashito Ronquillo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. YAMASHITO RONQUILLO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126136 | 2002-04-05

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Branch 91, Quezon City in Criminal Cases Nos. Q-91-26812-14 convicting accused-appellant Yamashito Ronquillo of the crime of Murder and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

On January 6, 1991, at about 6:00 o'clock in the evening, a loud explosion was heard inside the Manresa Compound which is bounded by Sto. Domingo, Mauban, Dagot and Biak-na-Bato Streets in Barangay Manresa, Quezon City. The explosion set several houses on fire. Thereafter, several men who were going out of the...