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PEOPLE vs. Francisco B. Santos, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. FRANCISCO SANTOS y BAINGAN @ PRAN and VILLAMOR ASUNCION, accused, FRANCISCO SANTOS y BAINGAN @ PRAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 94545 | 1997-04-04

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

The threshold issue here is whether the antemortem statement of the deceased identifying the accused constitutes a dying declaration sufficient to sustain the conviction of appellant.

This is an appeal from the Decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Cabarroguis, Quirino, Branch 31, promulgated on June 28, 1990, in Criminal Case No. 615, finding Appellant Francisco Santos y Baingan guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder. The dispositive portion 2 thereof reads:

IN VIEW OF ALL THE FOREGOING, the guilt of the accused having been proven beyond reasonable doubt, the accused is hereby sentenced to...