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People vs Garchitorena

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO GARCHITORENA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 131357 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

In resolving the sole issue raised by appellant, the Court relies on the time-tested doctrine that the trial court's assessment of the credibility of witnesses should be upheld, if it is not tainted with arbitrariness or oversight of some fact or circumstance of weight and influence which, if considered, would materially affect the result of the case.

The Case

Filed before this Court is an appeal by Ernesto Garchitorena, who seeks reversal of the September 30, 1997 Decision1 [Written by Judge Adriano R. Osorio; rollo, pp. 18-31.] of the Regional Trial Court of Valenzuela, Metro Manila (Branch 171) in...