8/19/2019 Biased Witness

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 A witness is said to be biased when his relation to the cause or to the

parties is such that he has an incentive to exaggerate or give false color to

his statements, or to suppress or to pervert the truth, or to state what is

false. (People vs. Lusabio, Jr. G.R. o. !"#!!$, %ctober &', &$.)

Jurisprudence is settled that whatever is repugnant to the standards of

human *nowledge, observation and experience becomes incredible and

lies outside +udicial cogniance. -onsistentl, we ruled that evidence, to be

believed, must proceed not onl from the mouth of a credible witness but

must be credible in itself as to hurdle the test of conformit with the

*nowledge and common experience of man*ind. (/apatos vs. People, G.R.

os. !0'"!01!2. 3eptember !#, &4)