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PEOPLE vs Barellano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PACIFICO BARELLANO @ "Junior," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 121204 | 1999-12-02

D E C I S I O N


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Epifanio Cabales and his friends Simplicio Garong, Benjamin Alico and Jose Dayola were drinking tuba in the evening of August 14, 1993 at the side of the auditorium in the middle of Barangay Tigbao, Matalom, Leyte when he was approached from behind and shot at the right side of the head with a .38 (paltik) revolver. He fell down on the ground face up. As he lay thus, his assailant fired a second shot which hit him at the right side of his upper lip.

Thereafter, the malefactor walked away and then fired a third shot in the air.

For the fatal shooting of Epifanio Cabales, accused Pacifico Barellano @...