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[2/2] PEOPLE vs Antonio Manambit, et al

[2/2] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO alias Tony MANAMBIT, JAIME alias Jimmy MANAMBIT, FELICIANO alias Choy A. RANA, BENJAMIN alias Ben LACBAY, RAMON MAMURI and MAURICIO LLAMES, accused, JIMMY MANAMBIT, MAURICIO LLAMES and RAMON MAMURI, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 72744-45 | 1997-04-18

The Relative Weight of the Defense of Alibi

In confirming Appellant Jimmy's culpability, the trial court discredited his alibi. Thus:[84]

"What is surprising about the testimony of Fr. Oarga is that he did not inform the wife of the accused, who is his niece, that the accused was working with him in the chaplain's quarter as early as July, 1978, up to September of the same year when he (Fr. Oarga) was transferred to Clark Airbase in Pampanga. What was Fr. Oarga's intention in not telling his niece that her husband was with him in the chaplain's quarter during that period? It is unthinkable that during that stretch of three months the...