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Roberto E. Siton Vs. Court Of Appeals

ROBERTO SITON y ENSALADA, petitioner, vs. HON. COURT OF APPEALS and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 94065 | 1991-12-02

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

Can there be a conspiracy in a free-for-all fight? This is the issue we are faced with.

At around 11:00 o'clock in the evening of February 9, 1985, Norberto Notar, a barangay tanod of the place, was outside the Hair Works Beauty Salon located near the corner of A. Francisco and Chromium Streets, Sta. Ana, Manila. 1 Also in the vicinity were accused-appellant Roberto Siton, Joey Calip, nephew of Notar, and Andres Borbon, a resident of the area. 2

Subsequently, a group of seven to eight young men, including Roylan Holgado, passed by, walking towards Chromium Street.

A brief exchange of words occurred between...