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Impending Death
To be admissible
RES GESTAE- Spontaneous statements made
immediately prior to, while a STARTLING
OCCURENCE is taking place or IMMEDIATELY
The time statement was made he was
after such occurrence.
in dying condition and have given up hope
of surviving.
A. Spontaneous Statements
To be admissible, the following REQUISITES
B. Verbal Acts must be present:
Requisites:
OPINION EVIDENCE
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
“Sec. 48. General Rule- The opinion of the
witness is not admissible, except as indicated in
the following sections”
Character is the aggregate of the moral 3. The good or bad moral character of
qualities which belong to and distinguish the offended party may be proved if it
attributes. tends to establish in any reasonable
degree the PROBABILITY AND
IMPROBABILITY of the offense charged.”
Character evidence as a rule is NOT
ADMISSIBLE.Character is generally IRRELEVANT
in determining the controversy because the In one rape case, where it was
evidence of a persons character or trait is not established that the alleged victim
admissible to prove that a person acted in was morally loose and apparently
conformity with such character or trait in a uncaring about her chastity, the court
particular occasion. found conviction of the accused
doubtful.
1. X X X
In CIVIL CASES, evidence of the moral
2. Unless in rebuttal, the prosecution
character of a party is admissible only when
may not be prove his bad moral character
PERTINENT TO THE ISSUE OF CHARACTER
which is pertinent to the moral trait
involved in the case.
involved in the offense charged.”
A. In criminal Cases;
A. In criminal cases:
1. X X X
2. X X X