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PEOPLE vs. Victor Baybayon, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICTOR BAYBAYON and DOMINGO ATIBAGOS, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-4985 | 1990-04-03

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Victor Baybayon and Domingo Atibagos, appellants herein, were convicted by the Court of First Instance of Rizal of murder, 1 and were accordingly "sentenced to life imprisonment, to indemnify the heirs of the victim, Romulo Baterna, in the sum of P12,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay proportionate costs." 2

Their conviction was founded on the facts hereinafter recited, which the Trial Court deemed to have been established beyond reasonable doubt by the evidence of the prosecution, chiefly, the testimony of two (2) eye-witnesses, namely: Julian Ronsairo owner of the...