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ERPASCUAL DIEGA y PAJARES, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent

ERPASCUAL DIEGA y PAJARES, Petitioner, versus COURT OF APPEALS, Respondent

G.R. No. 173510 | 2010-03-15

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

The accused may be convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence, provided the proven circumstances constitute an unbroken chain leading to one fair reasonable conclusion pointing to the accused, to the exclusion of all others, as the guilty person.[1]

The instant appeal assails the Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dated February 9, 2006 in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 01384 which affirmed with modification the Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 21 dated March 3, 1991 in Criminal Case No. 949-M-95, finding appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the complex...