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People vs. Edgar Allan Corpuz y Flores

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. EDGAR ALLAN CORPUZ Y FLORES, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 208013 | 2017-07-03

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
An intellectually disabled person is not, solely by this reason, ineligible from testifying in court.[1] "He or she can be a witness, depending on his or her ability to relate what he or she knows."[2] If an intellectually disabled victim's testimony is coherent, it is admissible in court.[3]

This Court resolves this appeal[4] filed by Edgar Allan Corpuz y Flores (Allan)[5] from the November 9, 2012 Decision[6] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR HC No. 04977.

The assailed Decision affirmed the Regional Trial Court's ruling that Allan was guilty beyond reasonable doubt of four (4)...