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PEOPLE vs. Ricarte Obedoza, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARTE OBEDOZA, alias "Alfonso Obedoza," LAURO ALCANTARA, AMBROCIO SUMALBAG, BEN BOCASAS, LUCIO PALDENG, LONDRING MARTINEZ JESSIE QUITAN, JOSE MARCOS and JOHN DOE, alias "Atong Rungrong", accused, AMBROCIO SUMALBAG and LONDRING MARTINEZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-30577 | 1981-07-24

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

At Barrio Salagusog, Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, on the night of May 28, 1967, while Maximiniano Cabangcala and his wife Isabel Dacanay, together with their two grandchildren were at their house, several persons armed with firearms took away their four carabaos (3 males and one female) and one cow. When Maximiniano Cabangcala heard the firing of guns, he jumped out of the window and he was hit by pellets on his right leg.

Dr. Pio Alberto, Municipal Health Officer of Cuyapo, who examined the victim Maximiniano Cabangcala the next morning on May 29, 1967, stated that the diameter of the gunshot wounds caused...