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2013-02-20 |
SERENO, C.J. |
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| On 8 March 2000, the CA issued a Decision[8] in CA-G.R. CR No. 21740 affirming the findings and Decision of the RTC in Criminal Case No. Z-814. The CA held that although the prosecution witnesses were relatives of the victim, they had no evil motive to testify falsely or to concoct a story against petitioners. In fact, the injuries sustained by Ruben matched the stab wounds as testified to by Elena and Jacinta. While three of the petitioners claimed to have been asleep in their mother's house during the incident, the place was only about one kilometer away and may be reached in twenty (20) minutes by foot or five (5) minutes by tricycle. Thus, it was not physically impossible for them to be at the scene of the crime at the time it was committed. | |||||