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People vs. Rogelio Lasanas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO LASANAS, ET AL., accused, ROGELIO LASANAS and CONRADO MAGSALIN, defendants-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-48879-82 | 1987-07-07

D E C I S I O N

FELICIANO, J.:

A decision of the then Court of First Instance of Iloilo City dated 27 June 1978 is before us on automatic review.

It appears from the records that at or about 9:00 o'clock in the evening on 10 July 1974, in Iloilo City, Benigno Ricaforte was walking with his family and a friend along a narrow interior footpath which opened onto Rizal and Estanzuela Streets and nearing Rizal Street when Rogelio Lasanas and Conrado Magsalin approached Benigno. Rogelio Lasanas suddenly stabbed Benigno in the abdomen while Conrado Magsalin hit him in the back with a meter-long piece of wood. Johnny Lorque and Domingo Fernandez...