DISPOSITIVE:

WHEREFORE, the Appeal is hereby GRANTED. The Decision
dated August 30, 2018 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 09598
is hereby REVERSED and SET ASIDE.


Accused-appellant Kenneth Matias y Anglo is ACQUITTED on the
ground of reasonable doubt. He is thereby ORDERED IMMEDIATELY
RELEASED from detention unless he is being held for some other valid or
lawful cause.


Let a copy of this Decision be FURNISHED the Director General of
the Bureau of Corrections, Muntinlupa City for immediate implementation.
The Director General is DIRECTED to REPORT to this Court within five
(5) days from receipt hereof of the action taken.


Finally, let an entry of final judgment be ISSUED IMMEDIATELY.
SO ORDERED.


SUBJECTS/DOCTRINES/DIGEST:

In synthesis, the identification of accused-appellant failed to meet the
touchstone of reliability. On the other hand, while his defenses of denial and
alibi are inherently weak, they are only so in the face of an effective
identification,54 which does not obtain in this case. In light thereof: it is
horn book doctrine that a slight doubt created in the identity of the perpetrators
of the crime should be resolved in favor of the accused.55 Perforce, while a
felony ineludibly transpired in this case, the Court is constrained to acquit
accused-appellant on the ground of reasonable doubt.

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