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PEOPLE vs Muyco & Muyco / Muyco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JESUS MUYCO and ARNULFO MUYCO (at large), accused./JESUS MUYCO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 132252 | 2000-04-27

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

JESUS MUYCO and ARNULFO MUYCO, cousins, were charged with murder for the death of Romeo Boteja Jr. on 13 May 1995. Only Jesus Muyco was apprehended while Arnulfo Muyco remains at large. On 11 September 1997 the Regional Trial Court, Br. 25, Iloilo City, found Jesus guilty as charged and correspondingly sentenced him to reclusion perpetua and to pay the heirs of Romeo Boteja Jr. P30,000.00 as death indemnity and P27,000.00 as funeral expenses.

Jesus Muyco in this appeal submits that the lower court erred (a) in giving credence to the testimony of Ernesto Boteja, which he (Jesus) claims to be improbable...