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PEOPLE Vs. Artemio Escamillas

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARTEMIO ESCAMILLAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 49863-71 | 1992-05-07

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

We are here asked to decide which should be given greater weight: the defense of the accused-appellant or the credibility of the complaining witness who positively identified him as the assailant.

Artemio Escamillas, alias "Temyong", accused-appellant herein, Felicisimo Luna, Florencio Fernandez, alias "Puring", Dioscoro Dagli, Carlito Dimaunahan and John Atienza, were charged with Murder before the Circuit Criminal Court, Batangas City, in six (6) separate informations, all dated May 16, 1973, which alleged in substantially identical language

"That on or about the 20th day of February, 1971, between 4:00...