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Conrado Cano vs PEOPLE

CONRADO CANO y SAMPANG, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 155258 | 2003-10-07

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

The primordial issue to be resolved in this petition for certiorari is whether or not petitioner killed his brother in self-defense.

Petitioner Conrado Cano y Sampang and his deceased brother Orlando Cano were rivals in the Rush ID Photo business and had booths along the sidewalk of Rizal Avenue, Sta. Cruz, Manila fronting the Philippine Trust Bank and Uniwide Sales Department Store. The fateful altercation which culminated in the fatal stabbing of Orlando Cano stemmed out of this rivalry, particularly the incident where Conrado took the business permit from the booth of Orlando without his...