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PEOPLE vs. Dionisio Marollano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee vs. DIONISIO MAROLLANO @ "JUN," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 105004 | 1997-07-24

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

Inconsistencies and contradictions in minor and trivial matters do not impair the credibility of a witness, specially after the trial court has accorded it full faith and credence. Nor do the defenses of alibi and denial prevail over the victim's own ante mortem statement which, as a dying declaration and/or part of the res gestae, points to the accused as the assailant.

Statement of the Case

These postulates are stressed by this Court in resolving this appeal from the Decision dated February 25, 1992 of the Regional Trial Court of Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Branch 52, 1 in Criminal Case No. 2627 convicting...