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PEOPLE Vs. Alfonso Bautista

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ALFONSO BAUTISTA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 120898-99 | 1998-05-14

D E C I S I O N

REGALADO, J:

In a joint decision, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 48, of Urdaneta, Pangasinan rendered two verdicts of conviction in Criminal Cases Nos. U-8191 and U-8192, finding accused-appellant Alfonso Bautista, alias "Poldo," guilty of the charge of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition and of the complex crime of murder with frustrated murder and attempted murder, respectively. Appellant insists in this present appellate review that the trial court should not have granted affirmative weight to the testimonies of prosecution witnesses Ferdinand Datario and Rolando Nagsagaray as the bases for his conviction,...