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PEOPLE. Vs. Samuel Ramos, etal.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SAMUEL RAMOS, ROBERTO RAMOS, LUMILINO RAMOS, EULALIO PRIETO, MELQUIADES RAMOS AND HENRY RAMOS, accussed-appellants.

G.R. No. 76744 | 1988-06-28

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Proof to sustain conviction must survive the test of reason. Suspicion of guilt, no matter how strong, should not be permitted to sway judgment. These principles are brought to focus in the present case.

Before the Regional Trial Court of Lucena City, 4th Judicial Region, Branch 53, accused Samuel Ramos, Roberto Ramos, Lumilino Ramos, Eulalio Prieto, Melquiades Ramos and Henry Ramos were charged with the crime of double murder for the death of Jose Villanueva and Emiliano Abasolo in an amended information, which reads:

"That on or about the 24th day of December 1983, in the City of Lucena, Province of...