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PEOPLE vs Julio Ocumen

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JULIO OCUMEN y SALUDARES, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 120493-94/117692 | 1999-12-02

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

After a heated altercation with Alex Espanto and Juanito Bibat, Julio Ocumen y Saludares allegedly pulled out a knife and went berserk during a wedding celebration in the evening of October 28, 1989. In the ensuing uproar, he plunged the knife into the back of one Mary Jane Bueno who was then fourteen (14) years old and fatally stabbed one Jesus Ilasin in the stomach.

For plunging the knife at Mary Jane Bueno's back, Julio Ocumen y Saludares was indicted for Frustrated Murder in Criminal Case No. 1774 in an Information[1] alleging -

"That on or about 9:00 o'clock in the evening of October 28, 1989,...