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2007-09-03 |
GARCIA, J. |
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| To begin with, appellant himself claims to be very close to Evelyn who was already engaged to be married to his brother Alexander.[13] Moreover, appellant had been the Ampayas' boarder for six years already.[14] Evelyn, no doubt, was well acquainted with appellant in a manner that is not only familiar, but likewise intimate and familial. As we held in People v. Hilario,[15] the fact that the witness had known the accused for five years, and was his neighbor in the community, makes them well acquainted with each other as to render credible the positive identification by the witness of the accused as the perpetrator of the offense. | |||||