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PEOPLE Vs. Wilfredo De Guzman

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILFREDO DE GUZMAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116730 | 1995-11-16

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Accused-appellant WILFREDO DE GUZMAN was convicted of the crime of MURDER by the Regional Trial Court of Dagupan City, Branch 43, 1 on the basis of circumstantial evidence. He pleads for his acquittal, the Solicitor General Agrees and we find merit in the plea. We hold once more that the great goal of our criminal law and procedure is not to send people to the goal but to do justice especially to the innocent.

The information against accused-appellant reads:

"That on or about August 9, 1993 in the evening along the road of Malanay-Tuliao, municipality of Sta. Barbara, province of Pangasinan, Philippines, and...