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	GR Nos. 146357 & 148170 2002-08-29	PEOPLE v. MATIAS LAGRAMADA PANGANIBAN, J.
evidence, the one compatible with the presumption of innocence will be adopted.[36] It is therefore incumbent upon the prosecution to establish the guilt of the accused with moral certainty or beyond reasonable doubt as demanded by law. When a person cries rape, society reacts with sympathy for the victim, admiration for her bravery in seeking retribution for the crime committed against her, and condemnation for the accused. However, being interpreters of the law and dispensers of justice, judges must look
	GR Nos. 146327-29 2002-06-05	PEOPLE v. ERNIE BARO PANGANIBAN, J.
The innocence of a defendant in a criminal case is always presumed until the contrary is proven.[42] Where two probabilities arise from the evidence, the one compatible with the presumption of innocence will be adopted.[43] Mere suspicion is not enough to take away one's liberty and destroy one's reputation. Guilt must be proven by proof as clear as daylight, by evidence so airtight that no room is left for any reasonable doubt.