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2009-10-13 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| This Court disagrees with Del Prado's observations. There is no standard form of human behavioral response when confronted with a frightful experience.[5] Not every witness to a crime can be expected to act reasonably and conformably with the expectations of mankind,[6] because witnessing a crime is an unusual experience that elicit different reactions from witnesses, and for which no clear-cut, standard form of behavior can be drawn.[7] In the case at bar, it was not even unusual for Hudo's unarmed companions to refrain from risking their lives to defend him when the assailants were brandishing a foot-long knife, a baseball bat and a 6x8-inch stone. | |||||
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2003-12-01 |
TINGA, J. |
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| This Court finds no cogent reason to deviate from the assessment made by the trial court anent the credibility of the minor victims who testified during the trial of these cases. After all, it is a time- honored doctrine that the findings of the trial court are given weight and the highest degree of respect by the appellate court in view of the fact that the matter of assigning values to the testimony of witnesses is a function best performed by the trial court. It can weigh the testimony of witnesses in the light of the latter's demeanor, conduct and attitude at the trial. This rule of course admits certain exceptions, not even one of which is present, to wit: (1) when patent inconsistencies in the statements of witnesses are ignored by the trial court, or (2) when the conclusions arrived at are clearly unsupported by the evidence.[51] | |||||
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2002-07-23 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| More often than not, witnesses tend to be reluctant about volunteering information concerning a criminal case or being involved in a criminal investigation.[27] Nor should the prosecution's failure to present additional witnesses to corroborate Thelma's sole eyewitness account damage its cause. It is, after all, the prerogative of the prosecution to decide how to conduct its case, and this includes the number of witnesses it may | |||||