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PEOPLE vs. Leonardo D. Rosales

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO D. ROSALES, alias "NARDING DE ROSALES", defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31694 | 1981-12-14

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

We agree with the Solicitor General that appellant is entitled to an acquittal.

At about 6:00 p.m. on January 29, 1966, at the Home Economics Building of the Cabay Elementary School, located at Barrio Cabay, Municipality of Tiaong, Quezon Province, a shooting incident occurred during a drinking spree that resulted in the instantaneous death of Miguel Hernandez, a resident of Barrio Caba. 1

An information dated December 15, 1966 was filed in Criminal Case No. 15986 of the Court of First Instance of Quezon, as follows:

"The undersigned, Provincial Fiscal, accuses Leonardo D. Rosales alias "Narding de...