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PEOPLE. Vs. Mamerto Alterado, Jr., etal.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MAMERTO ALTERADO, JR. and GILBERTO PATAGNAN, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 79039-41 | 1989-10-27

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Sentenced to reclusion perpetua for the crime of Murder, and to twenty (20) days imprisonment for Slight Physical Injuries, accused Mamerto ALTERADO and Gilberto PATAGNAN now interpose this appeal from their conviction for Murder.

Accused-appellants have denied the commission of the felonies and have put up the defense of alibi.

The prosecution version of the occurrence has been summarized as follows:

"At about 9:30 in the evening of July 6, 1985, Victor Gaquit and his girlfriend Maria Elizabeth (Maribeth for short) Maglasang were sitting in the bamboo bench outside of the house of Maribeth...