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PEOPLE vs. Ponciano Amon, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PONCIANO AMON and MELCHOR AMON, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-48929 | 1984-11-28

D E C I S I O N


DE LA FUENTE, J.:

Appeal from the judgment in Criminal Case No. TG-233-74, Court of First Instance of Cavite, wherein the accused Ponciano Amon and Melchor Amon were found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of murder, as charged in the indictment, and were sentenced "to suffer reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties prescribed by law", etc. 1

Said judgment, it appears, is predicated mainly on the testimony of Filomeno Poblete, brother of the deceased Isidro Poblete, alleged to be the lone eyewitness to the commission of the crime. The prosecution also presented Dr. Jesus Manalo, the Municipal Health Officer who...