memo for defense
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Republic of the PhilippinesMetropolitan Trial Court
Branch 4City of Manila
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Plaintiff,-versus- CRIMINAL CASE NO.379318
FOR: ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE
RICARTE SORIA aka RIC-RICROLANDO REYES aka PANGOYCHECHE SORIA,
Accused.x..x
THE DEFENSE, by and through its undersigned attorney, hereby respectfully files its
trial memorandum, and states that:
I.STATEMENT OF THE CASE
This case refers to a criminal complaint for attempted homicide initiated by the private
complainants, Mario P Querido against the accused Ricarte Soria ,ET. AL., for having allegedly
hitting the complainant with a Red Horse Bottle and sustaining cut from a pen knife on
November 18, 2001 which reads:
I N F O R M A T I O N
The undersigned accusesRICARTE SORIA aka RIC-RIC, ROLANDO akaPANGOY and CHECHE SORIA of the crime of Attempted Homicide, committed asfollows:
That on or about November 18,2002,in the City of Manila, Philippines ,the saidaccused, conspiring, and confederating together and helping one another, with intent tokill, did then and there ,willfully, unlawfully and feloniously commence the commission ofthe crime of homicide directly by overt acts, to wit; by there an then hitting one MARIO PQUERIDO with a bottle of Red Horse on his head and stabbing him with pen knife, butthe said accused did not ,however perform all the acts of execution which should haveproduced the crime of homicide as a consequence by reason of some cause or accidentother than his spontaneous desistance, that is the injuries sustained by said MARIO PQUERIDO were only slight and not fatal.
CONTRARY TO LAW
Manila,May 19,2002
Original Signed
JESSE A TIBURAN
Assistant City Prosecutor
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEFENSE
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That, said Information for that reason was filed against the accused with the Municipal
Trial Court of Metro Manila, giving rise to the case Attempted Homicide entitled People of the
Philippines vs Ricarte Soria, Et.Al.raffled and assigned to Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 4,
City of Manila. That, the court, for the crime charged commended a bail for Twelve Thousand
Pesos (12,000) for the temporary release of the accused.
During arraignment, accused pleaded not guilty to the crime charged, so this case. Trial
was set for hearing on the 6th
day of February, 15 July 2003, 18 October 2006, 6 September
2007, 19 August 2008, 23 June, August 18, October 27, 2009 and August 3, 2010.That, during
the hearing, defense presented its witnesses according to their order of appearance: Rolando
Reyes, Ricarte Soria, Karen Soria , Anthony Grande who gave their testimonies as against the
statements of the prosecutions witnesses.
On the 06 February 2003, prosecution presented its first witness, the plaintiff, Mario P
Querido with his medical certificate dated November 20, 2002 marked as Exhibit A and a copy
of blotter from the barangay marked as Exhibit B for the prosecution. For the defense presenting
its first evidence and witness on October 18, 2006.
Hence, this Memorandum for the Defense.
II.Statement of Facts
Based on records, the facts in the above-cited case may be narrated as follows:
That on 18 November 2001, plaintiff Mario P Querido was in the house of Nino Marfori
drinking with some people on the house of the former for the reason that of the birthday
celebration, located across the house of accused Ricarte Soria at 1443 P Guevara St, Sta Cruz,
Manila, at about 25 meters away from the house of the latter.
That on that same date, the plaintiff already intoxicated with alcohol, appeared at the
residence of the accused Ricarte Soria, forced open the door, entered and joined the people in
the second floor having some drinks and chat though prevented by Rolando Reyes who was one
of the accused. At about 20-30 minutes later, accused Ricarte Soria arrived and went upstairs to
his room located at the 3rd
floor of the house.
That,Mario P Querido went up the house of the accused with a bottle of beer in his hand
and was a little drunk because he was swaying and try to grabbed a certain Anabel and forcing
her to sit on his lap.
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Based from the statement given by the plaintiffs brother -in-law, Ricardo Trapane,
while he was in the house of Nino Marfori, about 25 meters away from the resident of the
accused, when his attention was called because his brother-in-law was being ganged-up in the
house of Ricarte Soria.That,then and there he saw Mario Querido being slapped by the accused
Soria
After ten (10) minutes, Rolando Reyes went upstairs to approach those who were
drinking and came Mario P Querido , suddenly boxed kicked the former while uttering the
words Mayabang ito,hindi ako kilalathat caused the commotion.
At that instance, after hearing the commotion in the second floor, accused Ricarte Soriad
decided to rushed down to the 2nd floor, to find that plaintiff, Mario P Querido was restrained by
Anthony Grande, Dondon Balion and Oscar Chin because he was drunk and starting a fight
with Rolando Reyes . Accused Ricarte Soria was then held by his wife Karen Soria when he
said bad words to the plaintiffIlabas yan,putang ina yan,bastos yan .
That, on that same date, while Mario was restrained and brought down, he sustained
injuries when he was allegedly hit by a red horse beer bottle in the head and wound in his right
shoulder as supported by a medical certificate dated November 20, 2002 signed by a certain Dr
Antonio D Rebosa and rebutted by the statement of Karen Soria that said cut may be brought by
the nails of those who restrained Mario P Querido while being conveyed downstairs and not by
the pen knife held by Cheche Soria.
III.ISSUES
Whether or not the Accused Ricarte Soria, ET. Al. is guilty of the crime
ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE and liable to pay the damages sustained for unemployment
during said period.
IV.ARGUMENTS
That, based on the foregoing evidence, it is unquestionable that the plaintiff entered the
house of the accused on the 18th
of November 2001, while being intoxicated with alcohol and
cause trouble.
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That,the statement given by Ricardo Trapane is not credible and cannot be accepted as
evidence since it is impossible for him to witness the incident when he was 25 meters away
from the plaintiff Querido and also intoxicated with alcohol on that same date .
That, the Ricarte Soria, Cheche Soria and Karen Soria , accused has no intention to kill
the plaintiff. That said allegation to kill Mario Querido , was not establish by the prosecution
and that what happened was that the plaintiff and the accused party had a fight over the matter
of entering the house of the former and causing trouble..
That, the injuries inflicted on the plaintiff was not necessarily fatal and which would
heal few days and would not obstruct for his employment as a seaman since he was only then
waiting for a call from his employer.
That, the medical certificate presented by Mario P Querido is not credible to prove his
injuries sustained since it was dated and issued 1 year after the incident thus dated November
20, 2002.And the blotter presented as evidence was undated.
That, the intent to kill being an essential element of the offense of frustrated or
attempted homicide, said element must be proved by clear and convincing evidence. That
element must be proved with the same degree of certainty as is required of the other elements of
the crime.
The inference of intent to kill should not be drawn in the absence of circumstances sufficient to
prove such intent beyond reasonable doubt (People vs. Villanueva, 51 Phil. 488).
That, the element of intent to kill not having been duly established, and considering that
the injuries suffered by the offended party were not necessarily fatal and could be healed few
days, the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the guilt of the accused in the
crime charged.
V.PRAYER
WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed, that with the aforesaid, and the evidence,
the Defense be considered to have duly established the innocence from the case filed against
with competent and material evidence that the accused guilt was not proven beyond reasonable
doubt. That the plaintiff is not entitled for the damages prayed for. That, the accused be
discharged and declared innocent of the crime charged.
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Other just and equitable reliefs under the premises are likewise prayed for.
Bulakan,Bulacan, 5th day of October 2011
Reynaldo Gerodias Ramirez III
IBP NO. XXXXXX
PTR Roll No. XXXX
MCLE NO. XXXXX