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PEOPLE Vs. Nestor C. Lagota, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NESTOR C. LAGOTA AND LIBRADO FERNANDEZ, accused-appellants. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Public Attorney's Office for accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 85795 | 1991-02-14

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Sentenced to reclusion perpetua by the Regional Trial Court of Lingayen, Pangasinan, Branch 39, 1 for the crime of Murder, the accused Nestor Lagota and Librado Fernandez assail their conviction in this appeal.

The evidence for the prosecution has been narrated by eyewitnesses Flor Escaño and Alberto Rosario, thus:

In the evening of 9 May 1987, at about 7:30, Herminigildo Escaño and his wife, Flor, were walking home along the National Road at Barangay Magtaking, Bugallon, Pangasinan (Records, p. 3; tsn, p. 11, 8 March 1988).

With them was their small niece whom Flor was carrying....