Supreme Court acquits Webb, et al

[oninrocks]

Meanwhile, Webb challenged primary witness Jessica Alfaro to undergo a lie detector test.

“Sabi niya ako daw yun e wala ako dito. Magpalie detector test kami sabay sabay. Hindi ako natatakot. Sa DNA lumaban kami. Lahat ng hamon tinaggap namin para lang patunayan na wala kaming kasalanan,” he added.

Asa nakaha si Alfaro rn

[tophat]

Mao ni ang problema.. ma pressure napud ang NBI ani nga mangita og suspect nga ipriso. Kung kinsa man ang mapriso ron, innocente na jud kay ang tinuod nga perpetrator gi-libre naman sa Stupid Court.

for sure they will trace all the construction workers present in the vicinity of the crime. they might toss a coin to select a name from list. bingo, we have new suspect. a poor ageing ex laborer.. convicted of a crime..a crime of just being there...old and probably burdened with ill health...without resources to order a policeman to burn evidences.

[necrotic freak]

si FORTUN unta to ang abogado ni mr. vizconde. the fortun brothers are "amazing" criminal lawyers.

nagtuon pa tingali si Fortun ug law ato nga time.

Asa nakaha si Alfaro rn

tua sa states naminyo sa iyahang body guard.

[jangska]

luoya ani uy.. badtrip pud kaayo ang nbi uy bulok kaayo.. walay preservation of evidence liman ka giwagtang ang swab sperm specimen nga nakitan sa body sa biktima.. paksit ta kaayo tos dna matching.. loselose kaayo ang mga pulis... way ayo..

[jangska]

Meanwhile, Webb challenged primary witness Jessica Alfaro to undergo a lie detector test.

“Sabi niya ako daw yun e wala ako dito. Magpalie detector test kami sabay sabay. Hindi ako natatakot. Sa DNA lumaban kami. Lahat ng hamon tinaggap namin para lang patunayan na wala kaming kasalanan,” he added.

Asa nakaha si Alfaro rn

sa DNA? nga giwatang man sa NBI ang mga evidence asta tong sperm samples nga nakuha.. loser kaayo..

[Wham!]

^ that summarized everything I already mentioned before. The most damning statements relate to the principle that holds the Supreme Court as a trier of law, not facts to wit:

"It is a fundamental rule that findings of the trial courts, which are factual in nature and which involve credibility, are accorded respect when no glaring errors, gross misapprehensions of facts and speculative, arbitrary and unsupported conclusions can be gathered from such findings"

This is true not only in the Philippines, but in all other jurisdictions. With the latest decision, the Supreme Court has made itself the only High Court in the world that can be a trier of facts at will. This will open the floodgates to litigation based on facts, rather than on law as should be the proper case.

He also mentions the blatant disregard for doctrine of precedence which I also mentioned before:

"tribunal’s previous decisions clearly held that “alibi cannot prevail over the positive identification of a credible witness.”

That has been established doctrine at the Supreme Court for decades. It has become practically the law of the land. Established doctrines of precedent can be changed, but only with the best of reasons. What the court did here was overturn its own established doctrines, creating a new one that will apply to all future cases.

On the testimony of Alfaro, it was also as I mentioned before, her testimony is not false per se because there were a few inconsistencies in her statement to the police. And even these inconsistencies were covered during her testimony at trial, which is what really should have mattered.

As I mentioned the decision smells bad, it looks like they tried to paint a picture to meet a desired outcome (acquittal).

It seems nga kailangan ug law101 refresher course some of the supreme court justices nato. basin they think nga ang role ug function sa Supreme Court justice is the same with that of the RTC judge.. hahay...

The Philippine "Supreme Court is the only High Court in the world that can be a trier of facts at will". A very sad state of the highest court of the land indeed..

[Wham!]

for those who are curious to know how they come up with the decision

here is a copy of the decision of SC
G.R. No. 176389

try also reading the dissenting opinion sa 4 SC justices.. that way you can have all important data

[analog man]

it's christmas, time to forgive

[r3roble]

taasa basahon sa decision oi. dritso lang ko sa ubos

CONCLUSION



In our criminal justice system, what is important is, not whether the court entertains doubts about the innocence of the accused since an open mind is willing to explore all possibilities, but whether it entertains a reasonable, lingering doubt as to his guilt. For, it would be a serious mistake to send an innocent man to jail where such kind of doubt hangs on to one’s inner being, like a piece of meat lodged immovable between teeth.



Will the Court send the accused to spend the rest of their lives in prison on the testimony of an NBI asset who proposed to her handlers that she take the role of the witness to the Vizconde massacre that she could not produce?



WHEREFORE, the Court REVERSES and SETS ASIDE the Decision dated December 15, 2005 and Resolution dated January 26, 2007 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. 00336 and ACQUITS accused-appellants Hubert Jeffrey P. Webb, Antonio Lejano, Michael A. Gatchalian, Hospicio Fernandez, Miguel Rodriguez, Peter Estrada and Gerardo Biong of the crimes of which they were charged for failure of the prosecution to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. They are ordered immediately RELEASED from detention unless they are confined for another lawful cause.

[oninrocks]

sa DNA? nga giwatang man sa NBI ang mga evidence asta tong sperm samples nga nakuha.. loser kaayo..

getuyo gyud to pagkawala......hasta atong nbi deli na credible...

suerte si H.Web kay dato cya......