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PEOPLE vs. de los Reyes

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO DE LOS REYES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-1516 | 1948-12-02

D E C I S I O N

PERFECTO, J:

The witnesses for the prosecution testified in substance as follows:

1. Dr. Angelo Singian, 34, married, physician, testified that on October 30, 1946, he performed an autopsy on the body of Narciso Lapus. The cause of his death was a gun shot wound through the head fracturing the occipital and cervical vertebrae and contusing the medulla oblongata and upper cervical spinal cord. (1). Exhibit A is the carbon copy of the report he made of the autopsy. Exhibits B, B-1 and B-2 are photographs of the deceased. The bullet went through the skull. (2). The direction of the bullet was upwards indicating that the...