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PEOPLE vs Marcos Mucam & Aldrin Tinoy

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCOS MUCAM y BANDAYANON and ALDRIN TINOY y BANTAYAN, accused / MARCOS MUCAM y BANDAYANON, appellant.

G.R. No. 137276 | 2000-07-13

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

As a rule, the trial court's assessment of the credibility of witnesses and their testimonies is binding on appellate courts, absent any fact or circumstance of weight and substance that may have been overlooked, misapprehended or misapplied. In this case, the court a quo committed serious lapses which warrant the acquittal of the appellant.

Statement of the Case

Marcos Mucam y Bandayanon appeals the September 18, 1998 Decision1 [Written by Judge Jesus V. Quitain.] of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City (Branch 15) in Criminal Case No. 35,357-95, in which he was convicted of robbery with homicide and...