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PEOPLE vs. V. Fuentesuela

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE FUENTESUELA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 48273 | 1942-04-22

D E C I S I O N

MORAN, J:

At about 1 o'clock in the afternoon of November 21, 1940, while the deceased Josá Simon was about to board a truck on Lipa Street, Sampaloc, Manila, which was to bring the athletes of the National University to the Rizal Memorial Stadium, appellant Vicente Fuentesuela approached him surreptitiously on the left side and without warning stabbed him with a knife on the breast. To the outcry of the deceased, "Why did you do that to me? I have not done anything," appellant made no reply but continued his assault causing the deceased two mortal wounds on the chest and wrist which produced his death. The motive for...