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PEOPLE vs. Medardo C. Castelo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MEDARDO CASTELO y DE CASTRO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-48070 | 1984-12-26

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Batangas finding the accused Medardo Castelo y de Castro guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of murder.

The accused was charged with the crime of murder in an information filed before the Court of First Instance of Batangas, Eighth Judicial District, Branch IV, Lipa City, committed as follows:

"That on or about the 23rd day of September, 1969, at about 11:40 o'clock in the evening, in Barrio Laiya, Municipality of San Juan, Province of Batangas, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named...