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People vs Daniel Quijada [CONCURRING OPINION, HERMOSISIMA, JR.,J.]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANIEL QUIJADA Y CIRCULADO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 115008-09 | 1996-07-24

HERMOSISIMA, JR., J., concurring:

Murder, most foul for betraying a depraved heart, is the inordinate killing of a human being, unlawfully and with premeditated malice, willfully, deliberately, a felony described in and penalized under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code.

On the other hand, the unlawful possession of an unlicensed firearm, that artifice consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel a shot, shell or bullet by the explosion of gunpowder, is penalized as the offense of Illegal Possession of Unlicensed Firearm by Presidential Decree No. 1866 of martial law vintage.

Against accused-appellant Daniel Quijada y Circulado were...