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2015-10-14 |
VELASCO JR., J. |
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| At the time the Informations were filed, petitioner Ambagan was already on his second consecutive term as municipal mayor of Amadeo, Cavite, having been elected to the same post during the 2001 National and Local Elections.[5] As mayor with salary allocation of grade 27,[6] the cases against him and his fellow accused were filed with the Sandiganbayan in accordance with Republic Act No. 8249.[7] Ambagan eventually ran and won for a third term in 2007, and was subsequently elected as member of the provincial board of Cavite.[8] | |||||
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2009-07-31 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| First, the trial court did not err in appreciating the testimonies of the prosecution eyewitnesses. The legal aphorism is that the findings of facts of the trial court, its calibration of the testimonial evidence, its assessment of the probative weight thereof as well as its conclusions anchored on the said findings are accorded high respect if not conclusive effect by the appellate courts. The raison d' être for this principle is that the trial court is able to observe and monitor, at close range, the conduct, behavior and deportment of the witnesses as they testify.[21] In fact, the rule finds an even more stringent application where the said findings are sustained by the Court of Appeals.[22] | |||||
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2007-09-03 |
GARCIA, J. |
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| interested in identifying the malefactors to secure their conviction to obtain justice for the death of a beloved.[20] | |||||