Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial Region Branch 14, Davao City
THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Crim. Case o. 1!"4#$1# %&R' R(P)
- versus JOHN RAPISTA, JR. Accused. * $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $*
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Plea Please se sta state te you yourr name, name, age age,, civi civill stat status us,, nati nation onal alit ity y, occu occupa pati tion on,, and and residence address9 -y name name is Dr. Dr. 777 777,, of of lega legall age age,, sin singl gle, e, %il %ilip ipin ino. o. am the the hea head d of of the the D( (nalysis 2aboratory of the atural ciences Research nstitute of the the 0niv 0niver ersi sity ty of the the Phil Philip ippi pine ness and and dire direct ctor or of the the Prog Program ram on %orensics and )thnicity of the Philippines /enome Center. currently live in / :eights, -atina, Davao City.
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Do you you s;ea s;earr to tel telll the the tru truth th that that ;hat ;hat you you ;ill ;ill stat statee here here is is real really ly the the truth, other;ise, a criminal case of false testimony or criminal case of per
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Do you =no; -r. John Rapista, Jr.9 es, =no; him.
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6hy do you =no; him9
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:e ;ent to the Philippines /enome Center on %ebruary !>, !>1#. :e sought my services as a D( (nalyst.
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6hat particular service did he see= from you9 :e ;anted me to run D( testing on some samples he sho;ed me and handed over to me on the same day ;e first met.
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6hat is your credibility and that of the Philippine /enome Center to accept his re@uest and run the tests he as=ed of you9 have been a %orensic (nalyst for 1# years. have e*tensive study in the field of D( Patenting and -atching, here and in the 0nited tates. n fact, he is not my first case. have received numerous similar re@uests, similar ;ith his, to run similar tests of the same =ind.
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3he Philippine /enome Center has been operational for A years to thi date and tests on D( (nalyses, such as this one, are routinary ;or= for us at the Center. have been the director of the Center for ! years, as of this date. 8A (A
Did -r. Rapista disclose the reason ;hy he re@uested your services9 es. :e told me that he ;as ;rongfully accused of rape and that the potential results of the test ;ould aid him in his ac@uittal.
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0pon learning his reasons, did you confirm your help to -r. Rapista9 es, told him that , through the Philippine /enome Center, ;ould help him run the tests he needed.
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6hat test or tests did you run in fulfillment of his re@uest9 personally conducted a procedure called D( profiling. t is a forensic techni@ue used to identify individuals by characteristics of their D(. Basically, the D( se@uences of one sample are matched ;ith another sample. t is conducted through a computeried laboratory procedure that only ta=es "> minutes to an hour to get the results.
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6hat ;ill the result sho;9 3he result ;ill sho; if both samples are a match or not.
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Did you apply this particular test on the samples given to you by -r. Rapista9 es, did.
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:o; did you conduct this particular test9 escorted him to the laboratory ;here he brought a sealed envelope ;ith him mar=ed E(uthoried ample F PP %orensics 2aboratoryG. 3his contained the D( sample in a sealed vial ;ith the label EPeople of the Philippines vs. Rapista, Jr.G on it. 3his ;as the sample he ;anted me to match ;ith his D( sample. (fter ta=ing out the D( sample from the vial, personally too= a strand of hair on his head in order to have a sample of his o;n D(. (fter ;hich, undertoo= the necessary procedure for D( profiling and ran it through the computer system.
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6hat ;as the result of the test9 3he result came out Eo -atchG. 3his means that both samples did not match.
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6hat is your proof that the said result came out negative9 have ;ith me the original of the computer$processed result sheet from computer used in the procedure indicating the ;ords E& -(3C:G as ;ell as the Certification from the Philippine /enome Center, under my name and signature, on the results of the said test.
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Do you ;ant these documents to be mar=ed as e*hibits to be appended to your Judicial (ffidavit9 es, sir.
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-(%)3(3& &% )(-/ C&0)2' no; mar= this computer$processed result sheet as )*h. E555G and the Certification from the Philippine /enome Center as )*h. E555G to be appended to your Judicial (ffidavit. 81# (1# 81? (1?
o;, do you affirm under oath all ;hat you have stated in this Judicial (ffidavit of yours as true and correct9 es sir. (re you ;illing to affi* your signature herein belo; to attest to the truthfulness of all your statements contained in this Judicial (ffidavit9 es sir.
Dr. 777 (ffiant 0BCRB)D (D 6&R to before me this 555 day of 5555 !>1# at Davao City, affiant e*hibited to me his competent evidence of identity ;ith his picture thereon ;hich is his .D. 55555555555555555.
NAME OF COUNSEL otary Public for Davao City
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MCLE Compliance No. IV-QQQQQQQ issued on Aug. 28, 2015
ATTESTATION
, (-) &% C&0)2, ;ith office address 5555555555555555555, attest under oath as follo;s' personally conducted at my la; office at 55555555555555555, the interrogation of Dr. 777, a ;itness in the above$captioned Criminal Case o. 1!"4#$1# of the Regional 3rial Court, Branch 14, Davao CityI faithfully recorded the @uestions as=ed Dr. 777 and the corresponding ans;ers he gave meI and either nor any other person then present coached Dr. 777 regarding his ans;ers to the @uestions propounded to him. NAME OF COUNSEL
(ffiant 0BCRB)D (D 6&R to before me this 555 day of January !>1# at Davao City, affiant e*hibited to me his .D. 55555 ;ith his pictures indicated thereon as his competent evidence of identity. Doc. o. 5555
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