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[2/2] PEOPLE vs Antonio Hamton, et al

[2/2] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ANTONIO HAMTON a.k.a. “BOY NEGRO,” ANTONIO RAMIREZ alias “TONG” or “CHITO,” accused. / ARTHUR PANGILINAN y DE GUZMAN a.k.a. “TORING,” ARNOLD LOPEZ y SERRANO a.k.a. “ADAN MANALO,” REYNALDO YAMBOT y MASAGAYA, and JUN NOTARTE (at large), accused. / ARTHUR PANGILINAN y DEGUZMAN a.k.a. “TORING,” ARNOLD LOPEZ y SERRANO a.k.a. “ADAN MANALO” and REYNALDO YAMBOT y MASAGAYA, appellants.

G.R. Nos. 134823-25 | 2003-01-14

These testimonies constitute persuasive and unassailable proof that all the appellants committed the crime of kidnapping. Certainly, the positive identification of them by the victim and his wife, who had ample opportunity to see and remember their faces, more than satisfies the judicial mind and conscience. It is natural for victims of crimes to strive to remember the faces of their assailants and the manner in which they committed the crime.[25] Hence, there is usually no reason for us to doubt their testimonies or to suspect their motives. The present witnesses had close contact with the kidnappers when the victim was abducted and his...