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PEOPLE vs. Eufemio P. Caparas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EUFEMIO CAPARAS y PAEZ and PATRICIO DIAMSAY y GREGORIO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-47411 | 1982-01-18

R E S O L U T I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Before Us are two separate motions for reconsideration of Our decision dated February 20, 1980 convicting the two abovenamed appellants, one filed by their counsel of record in behalf of both of them; the other, filed by a new counsel of Caparas only in his behalf.

The motion for reconsideration, filed by appellants' counsel of record, seeks the re-examination of the decision insofar as it rejects the plea of self-defense of appellant Diamsay. As in the appellants' brief, appellant Diamsay in his present motion for reconsideration failed to prove the justifying circumstance with clear and convincing...