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    Joseph Madriaga testified that Joey Guiyab stabbed Rafael Bacani, resulting in Bacani's death. While Guiyab claimed an alibi, the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction, finding Madriaga's eyewitness identification of Guiyab as credible. The Court held that Madriaga positively identified Guiyab in court as the attacker, even though Madriaga did not previously know Guiyab's name, only his face from their community. Thus, the identification was not tainted just because Madriaga learned Guiyab's name later.

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    Joseph Madriaga testified that Joey Guiyab stabbed Rafael Bacani, resulting in Bacani's death. While Guiyab claimed an alibi, the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction, finding Madriaga's eyewitness identification of Guiyab as credible. The Court held that Madriaga positively identified Guiyab in court as the attacker, even though Madriaga did not previously know Guiyab's name, only his face from their community. Thus, the identification was not tainted just because Madriaga learned Guiyab's name later.

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    Guiyab v. People

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    Joseph Madriaga testified that Joey Guiyab stabbed Rafael Bacani, resulting in Bacani's death. While Guiyab claimed an alibi, the Supreme Court affirmed his conviction, finding Madriaga's eyewitness identification of Guiyab as credible. The Court held that Madriaga positively identified Guiyab in court as the attacker, even though Madriaga did not previously know Guiyab's name, only his face from their community. Thus, the identification was not tainted just because Madriaga learned Guiyab's name later.

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    GUIYAB v.

    PEOPLE
    October 20, 2005
    Quisumbing, J.

    Short version: Joey Guiyab was convicted of homicide by the TC and CA based on the testimony
    of witness Joseph Madriaga. Madriaga testified that Guiyab and a Juan Sanchez attacked him and
    his companion Rafael Bacani, the victim, with a knife. SC believed Madriagas positive
    identification of Guiyab.

    FACTS
    Prosecution Evidence: On December 12, 1992 at around 9:00 p.m., victim Rafael Bacani
    and witness Joseph Madriaga were in front of the Community Center in Tumauini. Juan Sanchez
    kicked them. They posed for a fight but Joey Guiyab said You try and you will see while
    holding a knife. Madriaga hit Sanchez with a stone, and so Guiyab chased him. According to
    Madriaga, Guiyab failed to catch him so Guiyab instead attacked Bacani, stabbing him once on
    the right chest. Bacani was brought to the hospital and died a day after. SP04 Romeo Tumolava
    also testified that he saw Guiyab near the Community Center at the night of the incident.

    Defense Evidence: According to Guiyab, he was not at Tumauini Cultural and Sports
    Center at the time the incident happened. He was farming until 5:00 p.m. at Sitio Bayabo,
    Camasi, and slept at around 9:00 p.m. in their house. This was corroborated by his neighbor
    Domingo Gumaru, and his parents, Silvino and Vicenta Guiyab.

    Both the TC and CA found Guiyab guilty. Guiyab appealed to the SC, alleging his
    identification was tainted, since his name was only fed to the witness Madriaga.

    Issue: WON the identification of the petitioner was tainted with conjecture and speculation.- NO

    Held: The SC found Madriagas identification of Joey Guiyab credible. Even if he did not know the
    name of Guiyab prior to the incident, he was able to identify him in open court when he was
    asked to point out the person responsible for the stabbing. Besides, Madriaga maintained that
    although he did not know Guiyab by name, he knew him by his face as part of the community.
    There is nothing in law or jurisprudence which requires, as a condition sine qua non, that, for a
    positive identification of a felon by a prosecution witness to be good, the witness must first know
    the former personally. The witness need not have to know the name of the accused for so long as
    he recognizes his face. Knowing the identity of an accused is different from knowing his name.
    Hence, the positive identification of the malefactor should not be disregarded just because his
    name was supplied to the eyewitness. The weight of the eyewitness account is premised on the
    fact that the said witness saw the accused commit the crime, and not because he knew his
    name.

    DISPOSITIVE: WHEREFORE, the petition is DENIED. The Decision dated September 27, 2001
    and the Resolution dated February 26, 2002 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR No. 23703,
    which sustained the judgment of the Regional Trial Court, finding petitioner JOEY GUIYAB guilty of
    Homicide and sentencing him to suffer an indeterminate penalty of prision mayor medium to
    reclusion temporal minimum or from eight (8) years and one (1) day to fourteen (14) years and
    eight (8) months, and to PAY the heirs of Rafael Bacani P50,000.00 as death indemnity, plus
    P30,000.00 for actual damages and P18,000.00 for funeral expenses, without subsidiary
    imprisonment in case of insolvency, are AFFIRMED.
    Costs de oficio.
    SO ORDERED.

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