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People vs. Tingson, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE "PITONG" TIONGSON and PAQUITO LAGUNSAD, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-29569 | 1972-10-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

For the death of Juana Valmonte, who was stabbed and fired at on March 21, 1966 in Gapan, Nueva Ecija, by a group of malefactors intent on despoiling her of the proceeds of a sale of rice, Jose "Pitong" Tiongson and Paquito Lagunsad, 1 now appellants were prosecuted and thereafter convicted of the crime of robbery with homicide. They were sentenced to suffer a penalty of reclusion perpetua. The appeal in essence would have us assess the weight of evidence differently from that of the trial court. A realization that such an approach is hardly impressed with the requisite degree of persuasiveness to overturn a...