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COURT:
Call the cases.
INTERPRETER
Case was called.
PROSECUTOR
For the people, Your Honor.
COURT
Who is your witness?
PROSECUTOR
Dra. Baluyot, Your Honor.
May we just know from the defense if they are willing to enter into some stipulations?
DEFENSE
Yes, Your Honor.
PROSECUTOR
May we know from the defense if theyre willing to admit the competency of Police
Chief Inspector Jesille Cui Baluyot, as physician who was assigned at Manila Police
District of the Crime Laboratory?
DEFENSE
Admitted, Your Honor.
PROSECUTOR
Will the defense likewise admit that Dra. Baluyot conducted an autopsy on the cadaver
of Ricardo Dalisay? To determine the cause of his death, Your Honor.
DEFENSE
Admitted, Your Honor.
PROSECUTOR
Will the defense likewise admit that after conducting autopsy she made a conclusion that
cause of death was three (3) gun shots to the thorax, Your Honor.
DEFENSE
Admitted, Your Honor. Provided that the Doctor has no personal knowledge on the
commission of the crime. And only to admit that due execution and genuineness
PROSECUTOR
And will the defense likewise admit that it was Liana Dalisay who requested for an
autopsy report upon Ricardo Dalisay as evidenced by a letter dated January 1, 2017?
DEFENSE
Admitted, Your Honor.
PROSECUTOR
As well as the certification consent signed by Liana Dalisay?
DEFENSE
Admitted, Your Honor.
PROSECUTOR
Will the defense likewise admit that Dra. Baluyot prepared the documents such as the
Anatomical Sketch as well as Medico Legal Report No. M.2017-229 as well as the death
certificate, Your Honor, which she signed on the post mortem part of the Death
Certificate?
DEFENSE
Admitted, Your Honor.
PROSECUTOR
Will the defense likewise admit that the cause of death is gun shot to the thorax of a
powdered gun weapon?
DEFENSE
Yes, Your Honor, as to the findings of the Doctor.
COURT
It is in the documents.
PROSECUTOR
Your Honor, because it is not indicated herein that the cause of death was caused of a
powdered gun weapon
COURT
There was no cause of death?
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COURT
Was there any instrument recovered?
PROSECUTOR
No, Your Honor, I think what would be the cause of shot wounds
COURT
Gun?
PROSECUTOR
Yes.
DEFENSE
We deny that, Your Honor.
COURT
Proposed stipulation, denied.
PROSECUTOR
Your Honor, we would be forced the witness to answer, to testify, Your Honor.
COURT
She couldnt also conclusively see.
PROSECUTOR
Yes, Your Honor, but nonetheless, she would be more or less a Doctor, she is competent
to determine the cause of the shot wounds.
DEFENSE
I think, Your Honor, its proper to testify, because as to the Medico Legal it was stated
that
PROSECUTOR
We will present her, Your Honor, as to that cause is concerned, Your Honor. May we
call on Doctor Jesille Cui Baluyot to the witness stand?

POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR JESILLE CUI BALUYOT WAS CALLED AND PLACED TO THE WITNESS
STAND.

COURT
Swear in the witness.
INTERPRETER
Please stand up, raise your right hand.

Q Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth before
this Honorable Court?

A Yes, Maam.

Q Please state your full name and other personal circumstances.

A POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR JESILLE CUI BALUYOT, 32 years old, Single, a Medico Legal
Officer currently assigned at Manila Police District Crime Laboratory at U.N. Avenue.

PROSECUTOR
The testimony of the witness apart from the fact that there were stipulations have made
with the defense that she is a Doctor by profession, she conducted an autopsy report on
the cadaver of Ricardo Dalisay, she would only determine whether or what caused the
stab wounds to the thorax.

DIRECT EXAMINATION OF PROSECUTOR

Q Madam Witness, there were already stipulations made a while ago conducted an autopsy
on the cadaver of Ricardo Dalisay upon requested of Liana Dalisay, is that correct?

A Yes, Sir.

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Q After due examination of the physical as well as the internal examination of the cadaver
you came to the conclusion that the cause of death of the victim is a gunshot wound to
the thorax?

A Yes, Sir.

Q Would you know, as an expert what could be the cause of gunshot wound to the thorax
of the victim?

A There is a gunshot wound to the thorax and based on the appearance of the wound,
there is a smooth edge it appears to be a clean and smooth edge wound usually cause by
a gun.

Q How many gunshot wounds were there?

A There are three (3), Sir.

Q Can you tell this Honorable Court what could have been the cause of gunshot wound
that cause the immediate death of Ricardo Dalisay?

A The stab wound hit the vital organ in the left part of the body, the left lung and the
heart, Sir, which are very vital organs of our body.

Q And what could been the cause of the death?

A Yes, Sir.

PROSECUTOR
That would be all, Your Honor.

DEFENSE
No questions, Your Honor.

PROSECUTOR
Your Honor, in view of the stipulations made with the defense earlier, May we just ask
that documents from theMay we request that the following be marked;
Exhibit D - the Request Letter of Liana Dalisay dated January 1, 2017
Exhibit D-1 - the Signature of Liana Dalisay
Exhibit E - the Certification of Identification & Consent for Autopsy
Exhibit E-1 - the Signature of Liana Dalisay
Exhibit F - the Anatomical Sketch prepared by Dra. Baluyot
Exhibit F-1 - the gunshot wound in the left chest
Exhibit G - the Medico Legal No. M-2012-229
Exhibit G-1 - the Postmortem findings
Exhibit G-2 - the Conclusion to the cause of death.
Exhibit G-3 - the Signature of Dra. Baluyot; and
Exhibit C-1 - The signature of Dra. Baluyot on the Death Certificate

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ORDER

During todays setting, in lieu of the testimony of the examining physician Police Chief Inspector
Jesille Cui Baluyot of the Crime Laboratory of Manila Police District, the following stipulations were
made by the public prosecutor and defense counsel:

1. That Police Chief Inspector Jesille Cui Baluyot was physician assigned at the Manila Police
District Crime Laboratory Section;
2. That Dra. Baluyot conducted an autopsy on the cadaver of Ricardo Dalisay to determine the
cause of death;
3. That after conducting autopsy she made a conclusion that the cause of death was gunshot
wound to the thorax;
4. That Dra. Baluyot has no personal knowledge on the commission of the crime;
5. That it was Liana Dalisay who requested for an autopsy report as evidenced by a letter dated
January 1, 2012, as well as the certification consent signed by Liana Dalisay; and
6. That Dra. Baluyot prepared the documents such as the Anatomical Sketch as well as Medico
Legal Report No. M.2012-229 as well as the death certificate;

Thereafter, the public prosecutor marked the following documentary exhibits.

Exhibit C-1 - The signature of Dra. Baluyot on the Death Certificate

Exhibit D - the Request Letter of Liana Dalisay
Exhibit D-1 - the Signature of Liana Dalisay
Exhibit E - the Certification of Identification & Consent for Autopsy
Exhibit E-1 - the Signature of Liana Dalisay
Exhibit F - the Anatomical Sketch prepared by Dra. Baluyot
Exhibit F-1 - the gunshot wound in the left chest
Exhibit G - the Medico Legal No. M-2012-229
Exhibit G-1 - the Postmortem findings
Exhibit G-2 - the Conclusion to the cause of death.
Exhibit G-3 - the Signature of Dra. Baluyot

The last witness for the prosecution will be the widow of the deceased Ricardo Dalisay.