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Eliseo Araneta, Jr. Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

ELISEO ARANETA, JR., petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 43527 | 1990-07-03

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

Should an accused who admittedly shot the victim but is shown to have inflicted only a slight wound be held accountable for the death of the victim due to a fatal wound caused by his co-accused? This is the focal issue addressed to this Court in this case.

In an Information filed before the Circuit Criminal Court of Manila, 6th Judicial District on May 14, 1973, Eliseo Araneta, Jr. y Macute, herein petitioner, Benjamin Bautista y Mendoza, also a petitioner, Eden Ng y Dumantay and Joselito "Boy" Santiago were charged with murder for the death of one Manuel Esteban, Jr. due to multiple gun shot wounds on...