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PEOPLE. Vs. Pedro Decierdo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO DECIERDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-46956 | 1987-05-07

D E C I S I O N


SARMIENTO, J.:

On September 29, 1971, Pantaleon C. Tauto-An, a sanitary inspector assigned to Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur, was summoned to Barrio Ebarle to examine the mortal remains of Emilio Montillano, a former Ebarle barrio captain 1 From his findings, the deceased suffered three gunshot wounds located at the "left side nipple level" 2 through which two pellets of "shotgun shells" 3 entered, exiting "at the right portion of the back." 4 He established the date of death on September 28, 1971 and the time thereof at or about 3:00 a.m. 5 Further according to him, he found Montillano lying "at the stairs of his...