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CSC vs Allyson Belagan

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Petitioner, versus ALLYSON BELAGAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 132164 | 2004-10-19

DECISION

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:


When the credibility of a witness is sought to be impeached by proof of his reputation, it is necessary that the reputation shown should be that which existed before the occurrence of the circumstances out of which the litigation arose,[1] or at the time of the trial and prior thereto, but not at a period remote from the commencement of the suit.[2] This is because a person of derogatory character or reputation can still change or reform himself.





For our resolution is the petition for review on certiorari of the Court of Appeals' Decision[3] dated January 8, 1998, in CA-G.R. SP. No. 44180, the...