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PEOPLE vs Rogelio Delada Jr

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO DELADA, JR., accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137406 | 2003-03-26

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

In the morning of July 7, 1997, Danny Paredes, a pedicab driver, parked his vehicle in front of the shoe shop of Loloy Cerna in Cogon, Cagayan De Oro City. He then went inside the Cogon market to eat breakfast. When he returned, he discovered that his pedicab was missing. Loloy Cerna told him that appellant Rogelio Delada, Jr., alias "Loloy Piang," took his pedicab.

Later in the afternoon, at 4:00 p.m., Paredes saw appellant in the same vicinity aboard the pedicab. He accosted him and said, "Ang, why did you steal my trisikad?" Appellant answered, "Ngano, palag ka?" Irked at the insolent response,...