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People vs. Padirayoonn,et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERMIN PADIRAYON and JAIME VICENTE, defendants, FERMIN PADIRAYON, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-39207 | 1975-09-25

D E C I S I O N

FERNANDO, J:

It is not too often that the Solicitor General accords acceptance to the basic premise of the defense in seeking acquittal that there was failure to overcome the constitutional presumption of innocence. 1 It is even rarer for the pleadings submitted by both panels, in this case instead of a brief, the Solicitor General having filed a manifestation and motion joining appellant Fermin Padirayon in his prayer that the lower court decision finding him guilty of murder be reversed and that he be acquitted, to carry the impress of a thorough and comprehensive scrutiny of the evidence and thereafter a logical and...