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PEOPLE v. TOTO CALOPE

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	GR No. 179041 2013-04-01	PEOPLE v. ARNEL NOCUM DEL CASTILLO, J.
Mallari's claim that he was helping his wife with household chores at the time the crime was committed does not deserve credence. This defense of alibi cannot prevail over the testimony of Mahilac which, taken in its entirety, leads to the reasonable conclusion that Mallari participated in the commission of the crime. Moreover, alibi is inherently weak, unreliable, and can be easily fabricated.[65] Hence, it must be supported by credible corroboration from disinterested witnesses, and if not, is fatal to the accused.[66] Here, Mallari could have presented evidence to support his alibi, but oddly, he did not. Thus, such a defense fails.
	GR No. 179452 2009-06-11	CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION v. LARRY M. ALFONSO NACHURA, J.
WHEREFORE, premises considered, the May 21, 2007 Decision[37] and August 23, 2007 Resolution[38] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 97284 are hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Accordingly, Civil Service Commission Resolution Nos. 061821[39] and 061908[40] dated October 16, 2006 and November 7, 2006, respectively, as well as its Order[41] dated December 11, 2006 placing respondent under preventive suspension are hereby REINSTATED. The CSC is ordered to proceed hearing the administrative case against respondent with dispatch.
	GR No. 179190 2009-01-20	PEOPLE v. ALBERTO L. MAHINAY CHICO-NAZARIO, J.
A: A little.[15] (Emphasis supplied.) All that Mahinay was able to offer against the positive identification and imputation by the prosecution was his alibi of being in his aunt's house at the time of the incident. In itself, the defense of alibi is already considered inherently weak since it is very easy to concoct.[16] Mahinay's alibi is, however, rendered even weaker by the fact that the only witness to his allegedly being in his aunt's house at the time of the rape, was himself. None of the occupants of the house, not even Mahinay's aunt, Remedios Lauron, was presented to testify that Mahinay was, indeed, there at the time of the alleged rape. Alibi must be supported by credible corroboration from disinterested witnesses; and where the defense of alibi is not corroborated, it is fatal to the accused.[17]