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Ricky Marquez, et al. Vs. People of the Philippines

RICKY "TOTSIE" MARQUEZ, ROY BERNARDO, and JOMER MAGALONG.,Petitioners, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 181138 | 2012-12-03

SECOND DIVISION

DECISION

DEL CASTILLO, J.:

"[T]he testimony of a co-conspirator, even if uncorroborated, will be considered sufficient if given in a straightforward manner and it contains details which could not have been the result of a deliberate afterthought."

Factual Antecedents

For our review is the july 27, 2007 Decision2 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR No. 28814 which affirmed the june 30, 2004 Decision3 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Caloocan City, Branch 121 in Criminal Case No. C-65837 finding herein petitioners Ricky "Totsie" Marquez (Marquez), Roy Bernardo (Bernardo), Jomer Magalong (Magalong) and accused Ryan...