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People vs. Delfin Caliso 659 SCRA 666

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee,vs.DELFIN CALISO, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 183830 | 2011-10-19

FIRST DIVISION
D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
 
The decisive question that seeks an answer is whether the identification of the perpetrator of the crime by an eyewitness who did not get a look at the face of the perpetrator was reliable and positive enough to support the conviction of appellant Delfin Caliso (Caliso).
 
 
Caliso was arraigned and tried for rape with homicide, but the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 21, in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte found him guilty of murder for the killing of AAA,1 a mentally-retarded 16-year old girl, and sentenced him to death in its decision dated August 19, 2002.2 The appeal of...