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PEOPLE vs Norbeto Sabado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. NORBERTO SABADO, appellant.

G.R. No. 135963 | 2000-11-20

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

The credible and positive testimony of a single witness is sufficient for conviction because truth is established by the quality, not necessarily the quantity, of evidence.

The Case

Before the Court is the appeal of Norberto Sabado, assailing the September 14, 1998 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tayug, Pangasinan (Branch 51), in Criminal Case No. T-1383. The decretal portion of the Decision, which convicted him of murder and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua, reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, finding the accused Norberto Sabado guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of [m]urder,...