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People vs. Cubay [DISSENTING OPINION, REYES, J. JR., J.]

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. DANTE CUBAY Y UGSALAN, ACCUSED-APPELLANT.

G.R. No. 224597 | 2019-07-29

DISSENTING OPINION

REYES, J. JR., J.:
 
But let your communication be, Yea, Yea; Nay, Nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matthew 5:37

History is telling that those who pursued the primrose path oft courted their own demise and eventual ruin. There is nothing more sinister than a gardener who feels entitled to indiscriminately pick a flower from a garden without the permission from his/her master just because he/she was allowed to tend it. For the most dangerous thief is not the one that lingers outside your home, but the one who enters it and pretends to be your friend.

The ponencia acquits the accused-appellant...