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PEOPLE Vs. Orlando Pallarco

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner, vs. ORLANDO PALLARCO, respondent.

G.R. No. 119971 | 1998-03-26

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J:

As a defense, alibi is inherently unreliable and easy to fabricate. It cannot prevail over the positive identification of the appellant by a credible eyewitness who has no ill motive to testify falsely.

The Case

The Court applies this principle in denying the appeal of Orlando Pallarco from the Decision 1 of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 15 of Ozamis City, 2 convicting him of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

In an Information dated September 20, 1993, First Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Liben Go Medina of Ozamis City charged appellant as follows:

"That on or about the 30th day of...