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PEOPLE Vs. Celedonio B. De Leon, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CELEDONIO B. DE LEON and RUBEN A. ALARCON, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 110558 | 1995-07-03

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

It was around 8:00 p.m. of 14 November 1988. Cesar Cruz, a kargador at M/V Arayat, was watching Inday Badiday's television program "Eye to "Eye" through the window of a house located near the pier of Barangay Cotta, Lucena City, just across the Petron Service Station. His co-worker, Edmar Ramirez, and some other persons were also viewing the show. 1 All of a sudden, two persons coming from behind seized the hands of Cruz and, without much ado, one of them thrust a knife at the left upper back of Cruz. Despite the injury he received, Cruz still managed to run towards the motor launch, M/V Arayat, which...