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PEOPLE vs Armando de Labajan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARMANDO DE LABAJAN @ GADOY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 129968-69 | 1999-10-27

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

In rejecting this appeal, the Court relies on the time honored doctrine that, "the testimony of a single witness positively identifying the accused as the one who committed the crime, when given in a straightforward and clear cut manner is sufficient to sustain the finding of guilt by the trial court"1 [People vs. Villablanca, G. R. No. 89662, October 1, 1999, citing People vs. Asoy, 251 SCRA 682 (1995); People vs. Villanueva, 284 SCRA 501, 509 (1998), citing People vs. De Roxas, 241 SCRA 369 (1995); People vs. Corea, 285 SCRA 679, 689 (1998), citing People vs. Trigo, 174 SCRA 93 (1989)] and "that alibi cannot...