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PEOPLE Vs. Jesus Acosta, Et Al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS ACOSTA alias "Jerry", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 70133 | 1990-07-02

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

On April 28, 1980, at about seven o'clock in the evening, Rafael Villavicencio, Jr. was shot to death at the Travel Lodge Restaurant in Lucena City by a person who managed to escape in the ensuing confusion. Two months later, Jesus Acosta was identified as the killer by three witnesses and charged with murder before the regional trial court of that city. Convicted after trial in a decision penned by Judge Manuel A. Patron, 1 the accused-appellant is now on appeal before this Court.

His appeal is based mainly on the insufficiency of the evidence of the prosecution identifying him as the person who shot...