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PEOPLE Vs. Gregorio Tulop, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO TULOP @ "Boy Tulop," SALVADOR BALDEVIANO, RENY MONDEJAR, JESSIE PINATUBO, @ "Bisaya," EDUARDO SENIA @ "Erning Pula," and ERNESTO TEJADA, accused, GREGORIO TULOP @ "Boy Tulop," appellant.

G.R. No. 124829 | 1998-04-21

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

The credible and positive testimony of a single witness may be a sufficient basis for conviction. For evidence is assessed in terms of quality, not necessarily of quantity.

The Case

The court applies this principle in resolving this appeal from the Decision 1 dated February 22, 1996, 2 promulgated by the Regional Trial Court of Balanga, Bataan, Branch 3, convicting Gregorio Tulop and Salvador Baldeviano of murder and sentencing each of them to reclusion perpetua.

After conducting a preliminary investigation, Second Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Angelito V. Lumabas filed before the court a quo an...