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    People v. Amaca / GR No. 110129 / August 12, 1997

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    The Supreme Court ruled the alleged dying declaration of the victim to the police officer is admissible as evidence. A dying declaration is considered reliable because it is unlikely a person facing impending death would falsely accuse their killer. The victim's declaration met the elements of being: (1) made while conscious of impending death, (2) about the cause and circumstances of their death, (3) by a witness otherwise competent, (4) in a criminal case concerning their death. Additionally, the declaration could be admitted under the excited utterance exception as it was made immediately after the shooting regarding the circumstances. However, the defendant could only be found guilty of homicide, not murder, as treachery was not alleged in the information filed

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    The Supreme Court ruled the alleged dying declaration of the victim to the police officer is admissible as evidence. A dying declaration is considered reliable because it is unlikely a person facing impending death would falsely accuse their killer. The victim's declaration met the elements of being: (1) made while conscious of impending death, (2) about the cause and circumstances of their death, (3) by a witness otherwise competent, (4) in a criminal case concerning their death. Additionally, the declaration could be admitted under the excited utterance exception as it was made immediately after the shooting regarding the circumstances. However, the defendant could only be found guilty of homicide, not murder, as treachery was not alleged in the information filed

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    The Supreme Court ruled the alleged dying declaration of the victim to the police officer is admissible as evidence. A dying declaration is considered reliable because it is unlikely a person facing impending death would falsely accuse their killer. The victim's declaration met the elements of being: (1) made while conscious of impending death, (2) about the cause and circumstances of their death, (3) by a witness otherwise competent, (4) in a criminal case concerning their death. Additionally, the declaration could be admitted under the excited utterance exception as it was made immediately after the shooting regarding the circumstances. However, the defendant could only be found guilty of homicide, not murder, as treachery was not alleged in the information filed

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    People v. Amaca / GR No. 110129 / August 12, 1997

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    GR No.

    110129 / August 12, 1997


    People v. Edelciano Amaca and John Doe alias Ogang

    Facts:
    An information was filed against Edelciano Amaca and someone alias Ogang who assaulted
    and shot Wilson Vergara causing his immediate death. Police Investigator Bernardo Mangubat
    inquired from the victim about the incident, when the latter was on board a Ford Fiera truck
    ready for transport to the hospital, and the former answered he was shot by Amaca and Ogang.
    Upon being asked as to his condition, the victim said that he was about to die. The police officer
    was able to reduce into writing the declaration of the victim or an ante mortem statement, and
    have the latter affix his thumbmark with the use of his own blood in the presence of Wagner
    Cardenas, the brother of the City Mayor of Canlaon City. The trial court found Amaca guilty of
    murder. But the family desisted from prosecution because of the financial help extended by the
    accused to her family.

    Issue:
    Whether or not the alleged dying declaration of the victim to the police officer is admissible in
    evidence.

    Held:

    Yes, the alleged dying declaration of the victim to the police officer is admissible in evidence. A
    dying declaration is worthy of belief because it is highly unthinkable for one who is aware of his
    impending death to accuse, falsely or even carelessly, anyone of being responsible for his
    foreseeable demise. The elements of which are the following: (1) the deceased made the
    declaration conscious of his impending death; (2) the declarant would have been a
    competent witness had he survived; (3) the declaration concerns the cause and
    surrounding circumstances of the declarant's death; (4) the declaration is offered in a
    criminal case where the declarant's death is the subject of inquiry; and (5) the declaration
    is complete in itself. All these concur in the present case. And that the serious nature of the
    victim's injuries did not affect his credibility as a witness since said injuries, as previously
    mentioned, did not cause the immediate loss of his ability to perceive and to identify his shooter.
    Also, the ante mortem statement may likewise be admitted in evidence when considered as part
    of the res gestae, another recognized exception to the hearsay rule. The requisites for the
    admissibility of statements as part of the res gestae are the following: (a) the statement
    is spontaneous; (b) it is made immediately before, during or after a startling occurrence;
    and (c) it relates to the circumstances of such occurrence. These requirements are
    obviously fulfilled in the present case where the statement, subject of this discussion, was made
    immediately after the shooting incident and, more important, the victim had no time to fabricate.
    However, Amaca may be held only guilty of homicide since treachery was not alleged in the
    information. This legal lapse of the prosecution should benefit the appellant, because in a
    criminal case, the accused may be held accountable only for the crime charged (or for the crime
    necessarily included therein), and every doubt must be resolved in his favor.

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