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PRESIDING JUDGE Hon. Jezarene C. Aquino Hon. Jezarene C. Aquino Hon. Jezarene C. Aquino Hon. Jezarene C. Aquino

Pros. Susan Flores-

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR Pros. Alona A. Luyun
Danao
NAME OF LAWYER Atty. Ronald Brillantes Atty. Evaristo Caleda III
DATE March 1, 2022 March 1, 2022 March 22, 2022 March 22, 2022
RTC Branch 5, RTC Branch 5, RTC Branch 5, Tuguegarao RTC Branch 5, Tuguegarao
COURT
Tuguegarao City Tuguegarao City City City
People of the
People of the
Philippines VS Vergel
CASE TITLE Philippines vs. Bryan
Seridon y Peralta
Ballema y Timbreza
Initial Presentation of
PROCEEDING Defense Evidence (VIOL. Pre-Trial (HOMICIDE)
OF RA 9165)
OBSERVATION/TECHNIQUES The lawyer for the It was urged by the
USED BY THE LAWYER accused objected to the lawyer of the accused to
kind of questioning of go for settlement. Since
the prosecution because the victim’s wife is the
the questions are sister of the accused. An
incriminating according amount 150.000php
to him, and it is as if the was proposed to be paid
prosecution is using his to the victim’s wife to
client as their own compensate the loss.
witness. The Judge
however did not agree.
During the direct
examination of the
lawyer, a good
technique he did was
that he placed his
 questions in the best
order that would
persuade the Judge to
believe in the
defendant’s version of
facts.
For the defendant’s
lawyer, I did not see any
There were no
techniques used that
questions raised as to
must be improved,
the basis of the amount.
however, I got confused
As an aspiring lawyer, I
during the re-direct
would probably
examination because
question the basis of the
the Judge called the
amount to be paid, since
attention of the
I know for a fact that
TECHNIQUES THAT MUST BE prosecution saying, “are
the case was strong to
IMPROVED BY THE LAWYER you not going to object
prove the guilt of the
(while laughing)?”. I
accused. While it is true
tried to understand
that a settlement can be
what was transpiring,
accepted, I believe that
and found out that the
the basis of an amount
counsel for defense is
to be paid must be
trying to change the
equal to the damage
facts already established
that had been incurred.
during the direct
examination.