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PEOPLE vs. R. Roa, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. vs. RAMON ROA, ET AL.

G.R. No. L-35284 | 1975-01-17

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

This prosecution for murder and the subsequent conviction of appellants Ramon Roa, Juanito Sagayon and Resurreccion Villanueva 1 stress the need for alertness on the part of prosecutors and trial judge alike against the danger of constitutional evasion, even if unintended, by undue reliance on testimony that ought to have been subjected to a more painstaking scrutiny. Such a failing might have been based on the belief that appellant Ramon Roa was impelled to instigate the crime as the victim, Baltazar Varquez, was a brother of the then mayor, Manuel Varquez, who presumably reneged on his promise to give way...