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People vs. Melanio Del Castillo y Vargas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MELANIO DEL CASTILLO y VARGAS, HERMOGENES DEL CASTILLO y VARGAS, ARNOLD AVENGOZA y DOGOS, FELIX AVENGOZA y DOGOS, RICO DEL CASTILLO y RAMOS, and JOVEN DEL CASTILLO y ABESOLA, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 169084 | 2012-01-18

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
This case illustrates yet again why denial and alibi are not the best defenses when there is positive identification of the accused for their complicity in the commission of a crime.
 
Antecedents
 
All the accused are related to one another either by consanguinity or by affinity. Melanio del Castillo and Hermogenes del Castillo are brothers. Rico del Castillo and Joven del Castillo are, respectively, Melanio's son and nephew. Felix Avengoza is the son-in-law of Melanio and the brother of Arnold Avengoza. Both Felix and Arnold lived in the house of Melanio.
 
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