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PEOPLE v. EDISON ARELLANO

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	GR No. 132750 2001-12-14	PEOPLE v. ELGER GUZMAN DE LEON, JR., J.
The court a quo correctly awarded actual damages to the heirs of the victim in the total amount of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) as the defense admitted that the victim's family incurred funeral expenses of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) and expenses for the nine-day wake in the amount of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00).[38]
	GR No. 138629 2001-06-20	PEOPLE v. RAMON CAMACHO MENDOZA, J.
Treachery requires proof of two conditions: (1) that the means, method, and form of execution employed gave the person attacked no opportunity to defend himself or to retaliate and (2) that such means, method, or form of execution was deliberately and consciously adopted by the accused.[38]
	GR No. 136790 2001-03-26	PEOPLE v. MANUEL GALVEZ Y ESTANISLAO MENDOZA, J.
As regards accused-appellant's civil liability, the trial court's award of P50,000.00 as indemnity to the heirs of the victim Romen Castro is in accord with our current rulings.[53] The award of actual damages in the amount of P30,000.00 should likewise be upheld. Although receipts should ordinarily support claims of actual damages, the defense in this case stipulated that Romen Castro's funeral and burial expenses amounted to P30,000.00. Hence, in view of the defense's admission as to the claim for actual damages, the award should be sustained.[54]
	GR No. 124572 2000-11-20	PEOPLE v. CIRILO OPOSCULO PARDO, J.
Consequently, accused Cirilo's denial of any involvement in Glorito's killing crumbles in the face of the credible testimony of Henry Cuevas positively identifying him as the one who stabbed Glorito to death. Positive identification, where categorical and consistent without any showing of ill-motive on the part of the eyewitness testifying on the matter, prevails over alibi and denial which if not substantiated by clear and convincing evidence, are negative and self-serving evidence undeserving of weight in law.[14]
	GR No. 136745 2000-11-15	PEOPLE v. RESTITUTO RENDAJE PANGANIBAN, J.
To constitute treachery, two conditions must concur: (1) the employment of means, methods or manner of execution that would ensure the offender's safety from any defense or retaliatory act on the part of the offended party; and (2) the offender's deliberate or conscious choice of the means, method or manner of execution.[27]
	GR No. 123111 2000-09-13	PEOPLE v. JIMMY DAGAMI Y MORBOS PARDO, J.
The Court has invariably held that findings of the trial court as to which version of the commission of the crime is credible must be accorded respect. The oft-repeated rationale born of judicial experience is that the trial judge who heard the witnesses testify and had the occasion to observe their demeanor on the stand was in a vantage position to determine who of the witnesses deserve credence.[12]