15 People v. Rarugal
15 People v. Rarugal
15 People v. Rarugal
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1 Rollo, pp. 2-16; penned by Associate Justice Edgardo F. Sundiam
with Associate Justices Monina Arevalo-Zenarosa and Sixto C. Marella,
Jr., concurring.
2 Entitled People of the Philippines v. Ramil Rarugal alias “Amay
Bisaya.”
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3 CA Rollo, pp. 14-22; penned by Judge Teodoro A. Bay.
4 Records, p. 1; signed by Edgardo T. Paragua, Assistant City
Prosecutor.
5 Id., at p. 18.
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6 Id., at p. 70.
7 Id., at pp. 161-165.
8 Id., at p. 166.
9 Id., at p. 65.
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10 TSN, December 6, 2004.
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11 CA Rollo, pp. 19-22.
12 Id., at p. 23.
13 Id., at pp. 45-50.
14 Rollo, pp. 15-16.
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15 Id., at p. 17.
16 Id., at p. 24.
17 Id., at pp. 26-29.
18 Id., at pp. 36-39.
19 Ilisan v. People, G.R. No. 179487, November 15, 2010, 634 SCRA
658, 663. 263.
20 263 Phil. 585, 591; 184 SCRA 638, 642-643 (1990).
653
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21 People v. Escleto, G.R. No. 183706, April 25, 2012, 671 SCRA 149,
156.
22 Rollo, p. 7.
23 G.R. No. 173612, March 26, 2008, 549 SCRA 451, 465-466.
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24 G.R. No. 189834, March 30, 2011, 646 SCRA 770, 778.
655
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25 Rule 130, Sections 20 and 21 which provides:
Section 20. Witnesses; their qualifications.—Except as provided in the
next succeeding section, all persons who can perceive, and perceiving, can
make known their perception to others, may be witnesses.
Religious or political belief, interest in the outcome of the case, or
conviction of a crime unless otherwise provided by law, shall not be a
ground for disqualification.
Section 21. Disqualification by reason of mental incapacity or
immaturity.—The following persons cannot be witnesses:
(a) Those whose mental condition, at the time of their production for
examination, is such that they are incapable of intelligently making
known their perception to others;
(b) Children whose mental maturity is such as to render them
incapable of perceiving the facts respecting which they are examined and
of relating them truthfully.
26 People v. Santos, 337 Phil. 334, 349; 270 SCRA 650, 665 (1997).
27 CA Rollo, pp. 19-20.
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28 People v. Laurio, G.R. No. 182523, September 13, 2012, 680 SCRA
560.
29 People v. Escleto, supra note 21 at pp. 159-160.
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30 People v. Rebucan, G.R. No. 182551, July 27, 2011, 654 SCRA 726,
758.
31 Records, pp. 161-166.
32 People v. Salafranca, G.R. No. 173476, February 22, 2012, 666
SCRA 501, 517.
33 People v. Escleto, supra note 21 at p. 160.
34 People v. Anticamara, G.R. No. 178771, June 8, 2011, 651 SCRA
489, 520.
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35 People v. Concillado, G.R. No. 181204, November 28, 2011, 661
SCRA 363, 391; People v. Fontanilla, G.R. No. 177743, January 25, 2012,
664 SCRA 150, 162.
36 People v. Escleto, supra note 21 at p. 160.
37 Id., at p. 161.
659
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