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PEOPLE Vs. Joel Y. Quintero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOEL QUINTERO Y YBASCO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 80315-16 | 1994-11-16

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

JOEL QUINTERO Y YBASCO is languishing in the Maximum Security Compound at the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, because the prosecution witnesses, according to the court a quo, were more credible than the accused. Since a criminal prosecution involves not only the question of credibility but the more important issue of whether the guilt of the accused has been established beyond reasonable doubt, we are inevitably drawn to a verdict of acquittal.

The version of the prosecution is that on 19 March 1986 Pfc. Emeterio Malanyaon of the Anti-Narcotics Section, Makati Police Station, received a...