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PEOPLE vs. Gregorio Taylaran

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO TAYLARAN alias "Goring", defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-49149 | 1981-10-23

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO*, J.:

Charged with murder in the Court of First Instance of Bohol, appellant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, and to indemnify the heirs of the deceased in the sum of P12,000 and to pay costs. Appealing to this Court, appellant insists on his defense of accidental, not deliberate killing.

We quote hereunder from the appealed decision the versions of both the prosecution and the defense, as set forth therein:

"EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION"

"At about 10:00 P.M. of November 5, 1976 accused called at the house of deceased Ofremia Atup y Sarabosing located in barrio Binliw, Ubay, Bohol for the...