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PEOPLE Vs. Alejandro C. Valencia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEJANDRO C. VALENCIA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 94511-13 | 1992-09-18

D E C I S I O N


NOCON, J.:

"Where there is smoke, there is a fire!" is an old saying which is applicable in the appeal at bar considering that the accused-appellant was convicted mainly on circumstantial evidence.

Accused-appellant Alejandro Valencia y Canaria appeals the Decision of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, branch 12, in Criminal Case Nos. 89-72061, and 89-72062 1 convicting him of (1) Homicide with the use of an unlicensed firearm and (2) Less Serious Physical Injuries, the dispositive portion of which is as follows:

"WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing considerations, the Court finds the accused, ALEJANDRO VALENCIA...