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PEOPLE vs. Samonte, Jr.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PABLO SAMONTE, JR., defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31225 | 1975-06-11

D E C I S I O N

MAKASIAR, J:

Sentenced to death for murder by the Circuit Criminal Court of the Seventh Judicial District, accused-appellant Pablo Samonte, Jr., a member of the Metrocom detailed with the CAA, insists in his invocation of the justifying circumstance of self-defense. The Solicitor General submits that appellant is guilty only of homicide (pp. 8-10, Appellee's brief, p. 145, rec.).

There is no dispute as to the fact that the deceased Agustin Santiago, Jr., was fatally shot by the appellant Pablo Samonte, Jr. at about 11:30 in the evening of July 25, 1969, during a wake being held at 5 Ventanilla Street, Pasay City, for the...