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PEOPLE vs Jerry Bantiling

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JERRY BANTILING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 136017 | 2001-11-15

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

Self-defense, like alibi, is a defense which can easily be fabricated. Courts, knowing that in cases of indefensible homicide, the accused can rely on it with facility, are not likely to be deceived by the fabricated claim of the accused that he acted in self-defense.[1]

Before us on appeal is the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 32, of Iloilo City in Criminal Case No. 37564 convicting accused-appellant Jerry Bantiling for the crime of murder and sentencing him to suffer imprisonment of Reclusion Perpetua. He was indicted and tried under the following Information:

"That on or about Feruary 2, 1992,...