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PEOPLE vs. Wilfredo Villanueva, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PFC. WILFREDO VILLANUEVA, and PAT. HERMINIGILDO CRUZ, accused, PAT. HERMINIGILDO CRUZ, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 115555-59 | 1998-01-22

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J:

This is an appeal from the decision of Branch 143 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati, finding accused-appellant Herminigildo Cruz and his co-accused, Wilfredo Villanueva, guilty of the crime of murder. Resolution of this appeal turns on the weight that should be accorded the testimony of a single witness for the prosecution.

The records show that at around midnight on May 30, 1989, Reynaldo Sacil, Arnold Araojo, Laudemer Mejia, Romulo Diaros, and Tomas Mason were mowed down while they were walking along Quirino Highway in Tambo, Parañaque. The five were on their way home to the Puyat Compound on...