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United States Vs. Pedro Barredo, Et Al. 032 Phil 444

THE UNITED STATES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PEDRO BARREDO, PEDRO UREA and ALBINO SARMIENTO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 9278 | 1915-12-07

D E C I S I O N


CARSON, J.:

The appellants in this case were convicted in the court below of the crime of attempted rape, and each of them was sentenced to two years, four months and one day of prision correccional, together with the accessory penalties prescribed by law.

A large number of witnesses for both the prosecution and the defense were called at the trial, and the record contains some two hundred and fifty pages of typewritten testimony and documentary evidence. In its last analysis, final judgment as to the guilt or innocence of the accused necessarily turns upon the degree of credit which should be accorded the respective...