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Edwin Reano, etal. Vs. Court of Appeals, etal.

EDWIN REANO, NELSON ROBLES and JOSE REANO, petitioners, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 80992 | 1988-09-21

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

The issue before the Court is hardly novel: whether or not a conviction can be obtained when the sole witness to the commission of the crime later retracted her testimony.

An information for homicide against petitioner Edwin Reano was filed in the Regional Trial Court on February 15, 1984 [Record, p. 1.] He posted a bail bond for his provisional liberty. Petitioners dose Reano and Nelson Robles were then still at large. Upon arraignment, Edwin Reano pleaded not guilty [Id. at 41.] Thereafter, Jose Reano and Nelson Robles were apprehended and an amended information and second amended information were filed to...