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PEOPLE vs. Tony Montes

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TONY MONTES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-34051 | 1983-05-26

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

We agree with the Solicitor General that appellant is entitled to an acquittal.

The Court of First Instance of Baguio and Benguet, Branch III, on February 13, 1971 rendered a decision in Criminal Case No. 3757, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"This Court, therefore, has no doubt whatsoever of the culpability of the Defendant, Tony Montes to have been the author who ravished the unfortunate Masning Kingay who took her life because of what happened to her. Both the testimonies presented in Court and the attendant circumstances present in this case point positively to the guilt of the Accused.

"This...