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PEOPLE vs. Jerry Balanon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SGT. JERRY BALANON, accused-appellant

G.R. Nos. 85248-49 | 1994-07-06

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J p:

On 3 November 1980, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Roberto Laino and Gregorio Santillan, both trustee inmates 1 of San Ramon Penal Farm, were exchanging fist blows along the national highway in Labuan, Zamboanga City. Accused Sgt. Jerry Balanon, an enlisted man of the Philippine Army assigned at the Southern Command Headquarters (SOUTHCOM), Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City, 2 was standing nearby. As the fight progressed, Sgt. Balanon left for a nearby store.

Ms. Maria Luningning Sinsuan and Ms. Elsa de la Cruz, both teachers in the Labuan Barangay High School were seated on a bench in the...