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PEOPLE vs Jovito Mercado, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOVITO MERCADO, ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-39511 | 1980-04-28

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM, p:

This case is before Us for the review of the decision of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Branch II, in Criminal Cases Nos. 751, 1039 and 1229, dated December 10, 1973.

At about 7:30 in the evening of February 17, 1972. a robbery took place in the house of Antonio Moron, situated in Sitio Salvacion, Barrio Mag-aso, La Paz, Leyte, during which Antonio Moron suffered gunshot wounds. He was brought to the Leyte Provincial Hospital where he was confined and operated the following day but died seven days later, on February 25, 1972.

The medical certificate issued on August 21, 1972, by Dr. Alden C. Tabao...