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PEOPLE vs. Alex Oliano, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALEX OLIANO y PUGONG and GABRIEL CALIAG, accused, ALEX OLIANO y PUGONG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119013 | 1998-03-06

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

Well-entrenched in our jurisprudence is the rule that findings of trial courts on the credibility of witnesses and their testimonies are binding on appellate courts, unless some facts or circumstances of weight and substance have been overlooked, misapprehended or misappreciated which, if considered, will affect the result of the case.

The Case

This is the doctrine applied by the Court in resolving this appeal from the Decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 30, finding Appellant Alex Oliano y Pugong guilty of murder and imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion...