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PEOPLE vs Roberto Gerolaga, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROBERTO GEROLAGA, EFREN ATIVO and REMEDIOS RUADO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 89075 | 1996-10-15

PANGANIBAN, J.:


In this Decision, this Court emphasizes the need to review the facts and details of appealed cases with meticulous, laser-like precision. While, as a rule, the findings of fact of trial courts are accorded great respect by appellate tribunals, still, the latter must wade through the mass of evidence in order to ensure that the trial court did not overlook or misapprehend little details that could spell the innocence of the accused, or at least mitigate their guilt. This is but consistent with the doctrine that all doubts must be resolved in their favor. Indeed, it is far better to set free a thousand guilty persons than...