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PEOPLE vs. Rolando M. Hilario

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLANDO HILARIO Y MARTINEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-31901-02 | 1982-03-30

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION JR., J.:

At about 10:00 p.m. on August 19, 1969, near the corner of Ramirez and Madrid streets, Binondo, Manila, the victims Cesar de la Cruz y Leynes and Francisco Lelis were stabbed, causing their deaths the following day. [1]

After an investigation conducted by the Office of the City Fiscal of Manila, [2] two informations for murder were filed with the Manila Circuit Criminal Court, as follows:

CCC-VI-426.
"The undersigned accuses Rolando Hilario y Martinez of the crime of murder, committed as follows:

That on or about the 19th of August, 1969 in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused did then...