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2013-06-19 |
PEREZ, J. |
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| Further, in Aurelio v. People,[33] the Court discussed the weight given to the testimonies of a long-time neighbor and a sister, who rendered contradicting statements, viz: The testimonies of the petitioner's witnesses cannot be given more weight than the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses. Teresita is the sister of the petitioner while Julieta has been his neighbor for the past 10 years. Thus, their testimonies are necessarily suspect, considering they are petitioner's sibling and friend respectively. The testimonies of Julieta and Teresita even contradict each other as Teresita declared that five malefactors entered their home while Julieta stated that only two men went with petitioner inside his house. This inconsistency further diminishes the credibility of petitioner's witnesses.[34] | |||||