This document is a summary of a 1971 Philippine Supreme Court decision regarding the appeal of two men, Pableo Dramayo and Paterno Ecubin, convicted of murder. The court upheld their conviction based on testimony that they ambushed and killed the victim, Estelito Nogaliza. Three other co-defendants were acquitted due to insufficient evidence tying them to the crime, while two testified for the prosecution. The court found the evidence clearly showed the appellants committed the killing and rejected their alibi defense. It affirmed the trial court's conviction of the appellants for murder, finding no reasonable doubt of their guilt.
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People vs. Dramayo [G.R. No. L-21325, October 29, 1971]
This document is a summary of a 1971 Philippine Supreme Court decision regarding the appeal of two men, Pableo Dramayo and Paterno Ecubin, convicted of murder. The court upheld their conviction based on testimony that they ambushed and killed the victim, Estelito Nogaliza. Three other co-defendants were acquitted due to insufficient evidence tying them to the crime, while two testified for the prosecution. The court found the evidence clearly showed the appellants committed the killing and rejected their alibi defense. It affirmed the trial court's conviction of the appellants for murder, finding no reasonable doubt of their guilt.
This document is a summary of a 1971 Philippine Supreme Court decision regarding the appeal of two men, Pableo Dramayo and Paterno Ecubin, convicted of murder. The court upheld their conviction based on testimony that they ambushed and killed the victim, Estelito Nogaliza. Three other co-defendants were acquitted due to insufficient evidence tying them to the crime, while two testified for the prosecution. The court found the evidence clearly showed the appellants committed the killing and rejected their alibi defense. It affirmed the trial court's conviction of the appellants for murder, finding no reasonable doubt of their guilt.
1. Transcript of stenographic note, pp. 21-22, 24-27, 44-47, 155-157, 207-209.
2. Ibid, pp. 24-27, 45-46. 3. Decision, Appendix to Brief for Accused-Appellants, p. 19. It was further adjudged that the accused appellants who in the meanwhile, had already been convicted for robbery, with the deceased as the offended party, should serve the sentences imposed on them of from four years and two months of prision correccional as minimum to not more than ten years of prision mayor as maximum before commencing to serve the sentence imposed upon them for murder. The indemnity imposed was in the sum of P10,000.00.
13. Cf. People v. Bernal, 91 Phil. 619 (1952); People v. Hufana, 103 Phil. 304 (1958); People v. Amajul, L-14626-27, Feb. 28, 1961, 1 SCRA 682; People v. Dueñas, L-15307, May 30, 1961, 2 SCRA 221, People v. Hernandez, L-6025, May 30, 1964, 11 SCRA 223; People v. Sagario, L-18659, June 29, 1965, 14 SCRA 468; People v. Chaw Yaw Shun, L-19590, April 25, 1968, 23 SCRA 127; People v. Wong, L-22130-32, April 25, 1968, 23 SCRA 146; People v. Provo, L- 28347, Jan. 20, 1971, SCRA 19. 14. Cf. People v. Sabandal, L-31129, Sept. 30, 1971 citing People v. Beraces, L- 25016, March 27, 1971, 38 SCRA 127; People v. Gumahin, L-22357, Oct. 31, 1967, 21 SCRA 729; People v. Tila-on, L-12406, June 30, 1961, 2 SCRA 653; People v. Curiano, L-15256-57, Oct. 31, 1963, 9 SCRA 323; People v. Lumayag, L-19142, March 31, 1965, 13 SCRA 502.
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