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People vs. Nugas y Mapait

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MELANIO NUGAS y MAPAIT, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 172606 | 2011-11-23

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
Self-defense is often readily claimed by an accused even if false. It is time, then, to remind the Defense about the requisites of the justifying circumstance and about the duty of the Defense to establish the requisites by credible, clear and convincing evidence.

Melanio Nugas y Mapait appeals the decision promulgated on March 8, 2006,[1] whereby the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed his conviction for murder under the decision rendered on August 17, 2000 by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 73, in Antipolo City (RTC).
 
Antecedents

On June 25, 1997, the Office of Provincial Prosecutor in Antipolo...