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PEOPLE vs Olegario Pascual, Jr.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OLEGARIO PASCUAL, JR. y MARAMAG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132870 | 2002-05-29

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

At 9:30 in the evening of January 16, 1992, Henry de la Paz, a resident of Purok Maligaya, Mambugan, Antipolo, Rizal, noticed a taxicab parked near the dead-end portion of the road near his house. Moments later, the taxicab moved backwards and hit the wall of a nearby handicraft shop. Two men alighted from the vehicle, followed by the driver, Arnold Nuarin, who cried out, "Tulungan po ninyo ako, sinaksak ako." The two men sprinted away. Henry left to call for help.[1]

Andro Paglinawan, together with a team of barangay watchmen patrolling the area, heard Arnold's cry for help. They found Arnold's...