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People vs. Factao

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, APPELLEE, VS. JUAN FACTAO ALIAS “BOYET,” ALBERT FRANCIS LABRODA ALIAS “ABET,” AND TIRSO SERVIDAD, APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 125966 | 2004-01-13

SECOND DIVISION
D E C I S I O N

TINGA, J,:

The defense of alibi is by nature weak but it assumes significance and strength where the evidence for the prosecution is also intrinsically weak.[1] The contrasting weight of the prosecution evidence against appellants Juan Factao and Albert Francis Labroda, on the one hand, and appellant Tirso Servidad, on the other, accounts for the difference that the Court accords their respective alibis.

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