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PEOPLE vs. Renato P. Ortilla

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RENATO ORTILLA Y PANGANIBAN, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31653 | 1984-05-18

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

About 11:00 in the evening of July 22, 1969, a tragic occurrence took place at Magsaysay Boulevard, Sta. Mesa, Manila, when a loud explosion rocked the facade of the building housing the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Library. It was caused by a hand grenade which bored a small crater on the pavement. As the smoke cleared, Rodolfo Carlos y Salazar laid prostrate on the ground, dead. Cause of death was "shock and hemorrhage due to multiple sharpnel wounds on the right arm, chest and lower extremities with laceration on the lungs and muscles." (Exhibits B, B-1 & D).

Thereafter, Manila Police Department operatives...