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2014-11-26 |
REYES, J. |
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| In People v. Moreno,[48] shortly after the three accused left the house where the complaining victims worked as maids, the maids told their employers, who had just arrived, that they had been raped. The employers testified in court on these statements. The Court held that the maids' statements were part of res gestae since they were spontaneously made as soon as the victims had opportunity to make them without threat to their lives. The Court said:This exception is based on the belief that such statements are trustworthy because made instinctively, "while the declarant's mental powers for deliberation are controlled and stilled by the shocking influence of a startling occurrence, so that all his utterances at the time are the reflex products of immediate sensual impressions, unaided by retrospective mental action." Said natural and spontaneous utterances are perceived to be more convincing than the testimony of the same person on the witness stand.[49] (Citations omitted) | |||||