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PEOPLE vs Wilfredo R. Guarin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILFREDO GUARIN y REYES, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 83437-38 | 1996-07-17

REGALADO, J.:


Accused appellant Wilfredo Guarin has come to this Court on appeal from dual convictions handed down by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 39, Lingayen, Pangasinan 1 after a joint trial of Criminal Case No. L-3339 for murder, and Criminal Case No. L-3340 for frustrated murder. He imputes error to the court a quo for believing the prosecution witnesses, appreciating treachery and evident premeditation in the commission of the offenses charged, rejecting his plea of self-defense, and finding him guilty as charged. 2

The information filed in Criminal Case No. L-3339 is reproduced hereunder to provide the factual basis for that...