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Case Summary Evidence
Case Summary Evidence
No
The semen specimen taken from Carmella
cannot possibly lie, especially when questions
had been raised on the credibility of Alfaro
identifying Webb as the rapist and killer.
Arizona v. Youngblood,10 where the U.S.
Supreme Court held that due process does not
require the State to preserve the semen
specimen although it might be useful to the
accused unless the latter is able to show bad
faith on the part of the prosecution or the
police
Webb raised the DNA issue, the rule governing
DNA evidence did not yet exist, the country did
not yet have the technology for conducting the
test, and no Philippine precedent had as yet
recognized its admissibility as evidence
Parenthetically, after the trial court denied
Webbs application for DNA testing, he allowed
the proceeding to move on when he had on at
least two occasions gone up to the Court of
Appeals or the Supreme Court to challenge
alleged arbitrary actions taken against him and
the other accused
W/N Alfaros testimony is believeable
No
There a several point to discredit her
testimony:
1. Against the Barroso Gangs confessions (a)
breaking into the house by smashing the
glass door no sense for webb to hurl a
rock at midnight and causing tremendous
noise (b) they ransacked the house of the
Vizcondes it also makes no sense for
Ventura(companion of Webb) to go through
a handbag looking for the keys of the front
door when in fact they were already in the
house (c) The gang had climbed onto one
of the cars to loosen a light bulb in the
garage as they were executing a robbery
Webb and ventura had nothing to do in the
garage in the first place as Alfaro stated
that Carmela had left the kitchen door
open
2. Motive Alfaro was the Darling of the NBI
because of her contribution to the Bureau.
And her testimony would have solved the
crime of the decade, thus, NBI had a stake
in making her sound credible and prepared
her for such
3. Quality of the testimony (1) Alfaro testified
that she was introduced to Webb for the
first time that night, making no sense to
why Webb would agree to make her his
messenger to Carmela, decided to stick
with Web and the others for the whole
night, and also stuck with them when Webb
allegedly decided to rape Carmela, when
clearly she was going to get nothing out of
such acts (2) Why would Alfaro need to spy
on Carmela when she was given no such
orders by Webb she needed to provide a
reason for Webb to freak out (3) Alfaro led
Webb and the others into the house of
Carmela which would make no sense
being a stranger to Webb before that night,
and Webb shouldve led being the gang
leader, and Alfaro had no benefit from such
acts (4) Alfaro heard a woman saying Sino
yan in which she immediately left the
premises but went back a few minutes to
witness the crime her act of leaving was
the valid frame of mind, fear of getting
involved, but why did she return to the
house after that event
4. The supposed Corroborations (1) Security
Guard on duty that night Alfaro claimed
she went into the subdivision alone to
Carmela, and yet the guard did not see her
stop at the guardhouse. He also failed to
notice Biong (police accomplice) entering
or exiting the subdivision that night (2)