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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Beltran

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AMELITO BELTRAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31860 | 1974-11-29

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Agusan dated May 13, 1969, finding appellant Amelito Beltran guilty of murder in Criminal Case No. 2769 and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with all the accessory penalties provided by law, to indemnify the heirs of Clemente Pingol in the sum of P6,000.00, and to pay the costs.

There appears to be no dispute as to the basic fact that on the evening of September 21, 1963, Clemente Pingol was fatally shot from behind with a shotgun while he was in the sala of the unfinished house of Crisanto Tubo at Barrio Tagpangahoy of the...