DINES, Victoria P.

Legal Medicine

December 4, 2015

TESTIMONY OF AN EXPERT WITNESS

Title:
People v. Vic Dimaangan
Case No.:
Criminal Case No. 33488-R
Court:
RTC Branch 61
Name of Expert Witness:
Chemist
Date of Testimony:

PSI

Eduard

Gayames,

Forensic

November 4, 2015

The expert witness, PSI Eduard Gayames, was called to

testify. The court interpreter swore in the witness and thereafter
stated his name and other personal circumstances.
The prosecutor then offered the testimony of the expert
witness to prove that he is a forensic chemist and that he
conducted the qualitative examination on the specimen
submitted. The defense had no objection as to the credibility of
the expert witness. (According to the Clerk of Court, the court
takes judicial notice that the witness is an expert in the field of
analysis of drugs as PSI Eduard Gayames is known to it having
been called in to give his testimony in many cases.)
The expert witness testified that he is a forensic chemist at
the PNP Crime Laboratory located in Camp Bado Dangwa, La
Trinidad, Benguet. He explained to the court that he examined a
particular item in relation to the case which was submitted to him
by SPO1 Tabernero with the request for qualitative examination.
Pros. Sudaypan showed to the expert witness an item which the
latter identified by pointing to his markings on the sealed
envelope.
When asked what he did when he received the item, he
answered that he immediately conducted an initial laboratory test
on the specimen which yielded to a result that such is
methamphetamine hydrochloride or commonly known as shabu.
He thereafter prepared an initial laboratory report. He also
testified that he conducted a final examination on the specimen
and then prepared a Chemistry Report.

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December 4, 2015

When asked if he knows where SPO1 Tabernero got the

specimen, he answered that he has no idea.
The testimony of the witness was thereafter terminated.

TESTIMONY OF AN EXPERT WITNESS

Title:
People v. Renato Lazaro
Case No.:
Criminal Case No. 35035- R
Court:
RTC Branch 61
Name of Expert Witness:
Chemist
Date of Testimony:

PSI

Rowena

Canlas,

Forensic

November 4, 2015

The expert witness, PSI Rowena Canlas, was called to testify.

The court interpreter swore in the witness and thereafter stated
her name and other personal circumstances.
The prosecutor offered the testimony of the expert witness
that she conducted the qualitative examination on the specimen
submitted. The defense had no objection as to the credibility of
the expert witness. (According to the Clerk of Court, a stipulation
was agreed upon by the parties during the Pre-Trial that PSI
Canlas is an expert on the field of drugs.)
The expert witness testified that she is a forensic chemist at
the PNP Crime Laboratory located in Camp Bado Dangwa, La
Trinidad, Benguet. She stated that she examined a particular item
in relation to the case which was submitted to her by SPO3 Tacio
with the request for qualitative examination. Pros. Sudaypan
showed to the expert witness an item which the latter identified
by pointing to her markings on the sealed envelope.
When asked what she did when she received the item, she
answered that she conducted an initial laboratory test on the

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specimen. The examination yielded to a result that the specimen

is methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. She thereafter
prepared an initial laboratory report. She also testified that she
conducted a final examination on the specimen and then
prepared a Chemistry Report.
When asked regarding the discrepancy of the weight of the
item examined and the weight recorded in the inventory of the
PNP, the expert witness explained that the discrepancy is due to
the highly sensitive nature of the digital weighing scale being
used in the crime laboratory.
The testimony of the witness was thereafter terminated.