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PEOPLE vs. Jacinto Apongan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. JACINTO APONGAN alias VER, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 112369 | 1997-04-04

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

While admitting his presence at the scene of the incident, Appellant Jacinto Apongan nonetheless denies authorship of the crime charged against him. Instead, he claims that another person (who was not charged) singly carried out the felonious act. But the prosecution eyewitness points only at appellant and his co-accused, Ronald Revadona (who did not appeal), as the actual perpetrators. Since we find cogent reason to disturb the findings and conclusions of the trial court, this appeal must thus fail.

Accused-appellant, together with Ronald Revadona, Teodorico Paraiso and Roberto Apongan, was charged in...