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PEOPLE vs. Bonifacio P. Ciobal, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BONIFACIO CIOBAL Y PABRUA, EUSEBIO EBREO Y RINGOR, ESTER PAJIMOLA Y EBREO, RICARDO LIM, RICARDO MIRANDA and EDDIE PAJIMOLA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 86220 | 1990-04-20

D E C I S I O N


GANCAYCO, J.:

This is the case of six (6) employees who were each sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly pilfering gas in the gasoline station of their employer based on the sole uncorroborated testimony of the latter.

An information dated February 15, 1985 was filed in the Regional Trial Court of San Fernando, La Union charging the accused of the crime of qualified theft as follows:

"The undersigned Assistant Fiscal hereby accuses BONIFACIO CIOBAL y PABRUA, EUSEBIO EBREO y RINGOR, ESTER PAJIMOLA y EBREO, RICARDO LIM, RICARDO MIRANDA, FRANCISCO ESCALA, ZALDY CARIá'O and EDDIE PAJIMOLA, of the crime of QUALIFIED...