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ATTY CAIMOL May we call on the witness stand, our first witness Dianne
Rosales.
INTERPRETER (Swear in the witness) Raise your right hand. Do you swear
to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
ATTY CAIMOL We are offering the testimony of the witness Your Honor, to
refute the allegations against her and prove that she is a
battered woman and likewise to identify an object evidence
relative to the battery.
ATTY CAIMOL Madam witness, what is your legal status right now?
ATTY CAIMOL Do you know that the killing of your husband has been
charged against you?
COURT How frequent was the alleged cruelty that you said?
WITNESS Everytime he got drunk.
COURT No, what I mean is how frequent is the occurrence from
the time of your marriage?
WTNESS Everytime he got drunk.
COURT Is it daily, weekly, monthly or how many times in a
month or in a week?
WITNESS Three times a week.
COURT Do you mean three times a week he would beat you?
WITNESS Not necessarily that he would beat me, sometimes he
would utter verbally abusive words.