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PEOPLE vs. Mario P. Bustarde, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO BUSTARDE y PAMA and ANTONIO MARTIN, JR. y VLACER, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 79160 | 1990-02-23

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

In the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Mario Bustarde and Antonio Martin, Jr. were charged with the crime of murder committed against the person of Jaime Habar, a student of the Manila High School, 1 and after arraignment and trial, were convicted of the felony and sentenced "to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, together with all the accessory penalties, . . to indemnify jointly and severally, the heirs of the late Jaime Habar in the amount of
P30,000.00, and to pay the proportionate costs." 2

Their conviction was made to rest chiefly on the testimony of the only eyewitness presented by the...