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Lauro Santos vs. People

LAURO SANTOS, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent. Puruganan, Chato, Chato & Tan for petitioner.

G.R. No. 77429 | 1990-01-29

D E C I S I O N

CRUZ, J:

The factual findings of the lower courts are as a matter of policy not disturbed by this Court in the absence of any of the recognized exceptions that will justify reversal. As none of these exceptions appears in the case at bar, the petitioner's conviction, based on such findings, must be affirmed.

The evidence of the prosecution is, in the view of the Court, conclusive of the petitioner's guilt.

Sometime in November 1980, the complaining witness, Encarnacion Peñalosa, entrusted her car, a 1976 Ford Escort, to herein petitioner Lauro Santos for repair of the carburetor. The work was to cost P300.00. A...