You're currently signed in as:
User

PEOPLE v. NATHANIEL SURIO

This case has been cited 1 times or more.

2007-08-15
CARPIO MORALES, J.
True, as the appellate court pointed out, "matters affecting credibility [are] best left to the trial court because of its unique opportunity of observing the elusive and incommunicable evidence of the witness or witnesses' deportment on the stand while testifying."[42] When there is, however, a showing that the trial court failed to appreciate certain facts and circumstances that would have altered its conclusion, it is incumbent upon the Court to rectify the same.[43]