Minor inconsistencies of testimonies do not detract from the credibility of witness but they in fact enhance it for they erase any suggestion of unrehearsed testimony.

1.It may be noted that while Danilo Julia³¹ and Loreto Palad³² testified that Romen Castro had been stabbed on the right side of his back, the autopsy report stated that the stab wound was located at the left lumbar area of the victim.³³ This single lapse on a minor detail cannot, however, undermine the credibility of these prosecution witnesses. Inconsistencies in the testimonies of prosecution witnesses are not an uncommon event, and acquittals have resulted in cases where the inconsistencies and self-contradictions dealt with material points as to altogether erode the witnesses' credibility. But when such inconsistencies are minor in character, not only do they not detract from the credibility of the witnesses but they in fact enhance it for they erase any suggestion of a rehearsed testimony.

^{principle: Minor inconsistencies of testimonies do not detract from the credibility of witness but they in fact enhance it for they erase any suggestion of unrehearsed testimony.}

^reference:SECOND DIVISION

G.R. No. 136790            March 26, 2001

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,
vs.
MANUEL GALVEZ y ESTANISLAO, accused-appellant.