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PEOPLE vs. Rolando M. Catipon, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLANDO M. CATIPON and PEDRO MOJICA, defendants, ROLANDO M. CATIPON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-49264-66 | 1985-10-09

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The deaths of Victorio Bucao and Guillermo Nato, and the wounding of Maximo Bucao on June 13, 1971 at Barrio Kasuyan, Ternate, Cavite, led to the filing of two (2) separate Informations for Murder and one (1) Information for Frustrated Murder against ROLANDO M. Catipon and PEDRO Mojica. PEDRO was not apprehended so that the case proceeded only as against ROLANDO, the accused-appellant herein.

The prosecution evidence has been aptly summarized in plaintiff-appellee's Brief as follows:

"On June 13, 1971, in the afternoon, Victorio Bucao and the members of his family - his wife, Anita Cantada, sons...