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People vs. Saldua, et al

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JAIME SALDUA, ANGEL SALDUA and LORETA SALDUA, defendants. JAIME SALDUA and ANGEL SALDUA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-40008 | 1978-12-08

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is a case of robbery with homicide. The case for the prosecution was anchored on the testimonies of two witnesses, Donato Singson and Sing Siang Lu. The guilt of the accused depends on the sufficiency of those testimonies and on the validity of appellant Jaime Saldua's second confession.

Singson, 49, was a laborer in the Uy Matiao bodega of the Federal Marketing Corporation. The bodega was located near the corner of Sta. Catalina and San Juan Streets, Dumaguete City. Singson testified that at about midnight of Sunday, July 13, 1969, he and Francisco Quijano, the assistant warehouseman, were sitting inside...