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PEOPLE Vs. Raul G. Escoto, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAUL ESCOTO y GONZALES and DOMINADOR ESCOTO y RUIZ, accused. DOMINADOR ESCOTO y CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 91756 | 1995-05-11

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

Accused-appellant Dominador Escoto y Cruz seeks the reversal of his conviction for murder handed down in Criminal Case No. 85-37810 of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch 13, on September 11, 1989 wherein, inter alia, he was sentenced to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua. 1

In said criminal prosecution, the People presented Mabina * Cuales Vda. de Torno who testified in the court a quo that at about 5:30 P.M. on April 10, 1985, the brothers Wilfredo ("Willie") and Dominador ("Ogie") Escoto arrived at her residence at 2237 M. Hizon Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila looking for Alfredo Torno, the elder...