Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

7th Judicial Region
Branch 1, Cebu City

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

Complainant,

-versus- Crim. Case No. 123456

For: Homicide

RICARDO MEDINA JR.,

Defendant.

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JUDICIAL AFFIDAVIT

I, Cristine D. Bilocura, of legal age, Filipino

and residing at Tisa, Cebu, City, after having been
sworn to in accordance with law, hereby answers the
following questions propounded by Atty. Mary
Stephanie G. Bontuyan which was done at MSGB
Building, Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City, Philippines.
1 Q: Please state your complete name, age and
profession.
A: I am Cristine D. Bilocura, 50 years old. I am
a medical doctor and a medico-legal officer.

2 Q: Kindly state your educational background

leading to your profession as of this date.
A: I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Biology
degree from the Cebu Normal university in the
year 1990. Thereafter, I went to medical school
in the Cebu Institute of Medicine and graduated
on 1994. I had my post-grad internship at Cebu
Velez General Hospital and after completion,
took and passed the physician licensure exam in
1996. I further continued my studies and
obtained a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice
with specialization in Forensic Medicine from
the University of the Cordilleras in 2000.
3 Q: How long have you been practicing your
profession as a medical doctor?
 A: I have been working as a medical doctor for
more or less twenty (20) years now since I passed
the physician licensure examination.
4 Q: At present, where are you working as a medico-
legal officer?
A: I am a medico-legal officer with a rank of
Police Chief Inspector at the Regional Crime
Laboratory Office – Region 7, Philippine
National Police, Camp Sergio Osmeña Sr., Cebu
City.
5 Q: When did you start working as a medico-legal
officer in the Regional Crime Laboratory –
Region 7, Philippine National Police?
A: I started working as a medico-legal officer
in the Regional Crime Laboratory – Region 7,
Philippine National Police from 2000 up to the
present.
6 Q: What do you do as a medico-legal officer in
the Crime Laboratory?
A: I conduct external and internal physical
examinations of individuals and I also conduct
autopsies on cadavers presented in the crime
laboratory.
7 Q: In your capacity as a medico-legal officer of
the Regional Crime Laboratory Office, Region 7,
Philippine National Police, can you recall how
many cadavers have you examined so far?
A: If my memory serves me best, around two
thousand (2,000) bodies excluding autopsies done
during Typhoon Yolanda.
8 Q: Is this your first time to testify in court?
A: No. This is not my first time.
9 Q: To the best of your knowledge, how many times
have you testified as an expert witness?
A: I have made one hundred one (101) testimonies
in court as an expert witness.
10 Q: Having stated information regarding your
years of experience as a medical doctor and
medico-legal officer, can you say with absolute
 certainty that you are qualified to testify as
an expert witness to attest to the cause of death
of Lino Mulinyawe?
A: Yes. I can.
11 Q: Where were you on December 9, 2017 at around
10:00 o’clock in the morning?
A: I was at Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes at Nivel
Hills, Lahug, Cebu City.
12 Q: Why were you there?
A: I was there to conduct an autopsy as requested
by the Chief of Police of Cebu City.
13 Q: On whose remains were you conducting an
autopsy?
A: I conducted the autopsy on the remains of
Lino M. Mulinyawe.
14 Q: How were you able to identify that the remains
belong to one Lino M. Mulinyawe?
A: Aside from his dental records, the remains
were personally and visually identified by the
wife of the deceased, Lina M. Mulinyawe.
15 Q: What was nature of the nature of the
examination conducted?
A: It was a post-mortem examination of Mr.
Mulinyawe’s cadaver to determine the cause of
his death.
16 Q: What were your findings?
A: My findings are as follows: (1) the body is
that of a fairly developed, fairly nourished
Filipino male measuring 138 cm from the crown to
the sole with an estimated body weight of 130-
150 lbs.; (2)abrasions and contusions is spread
in the frontal parts of the body; and (3) a
single stab wound, left mammary region,
measuring 3.6 by 1.4 cm, 5.5 cm from the anterior
line, 12 cm deep, directed leftward and upward
the body, thru the 4th left intercostal space,
piercing the pericardial sac left ventricle.
17 Q: Based on your findings, what was the cause of
the death of Mr. Mulinyawe?
A: The cause of death is the stab wound in the
chest and such manner of death can be categorized
a violent death due to a frontal fall while
holding a sharp object with the right hand.
18 Q: Are all your findings reduced in writing?
A: Yes. They are embodied in an autopsy report.
19 Q: Where is the autopsy report?
A: It is with me.
20 Q: Above the name of Cristine D. Bilocura in
this autopsy report is a signature, whose
signature is this?
A: It is my signature.
21 Q: Am I permitted in marking this “autopsy
report” as Exhibit A and the signature above the
name of Cristine D. Bilocura as Exhbibit A-1 and
attach it to form part of your judicial affivit?
A: Yes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I set my hand this 19th day
of December 2017 at Cebu City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) C/Ins. CRISTINE D. BILOCURA, MD

Affiant
TIN 333-333-333-333
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 19th day
of December, 2017 at Cebu City Philippines, by
affiant who exhibited to me the above stated
competent proof of identity.

Notary Public
 LAWYER’S ATTESTATION

I, MARY STEPHANIE G. BONTUYAN, of legal age,

Filipino and with office address at MSGB Building,
Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City, Philippines, under oath
confirm the following:
1. I am the one who conducted and supervised
the examination of Cristine D. Bilocura at MSGB
Building, Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City, Philippines.

2. I have faithfully recorded the questions I

asked and the corresponding answers that the witness
gave in her judicial affidavit.

3. Neither I nor any other person then present

coached the witness in answering the foregoing
queries.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I set my hand this 19th day
of December, 2017 at Cebu City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) Mary Stephanie G. Bontuyan

S.C. Roll No. 0987654321

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 19th day

of December, 2017 at Cebu City Philippines, by
affiant who exhibited to me the above stated
competent proof of identity.
Notary Public