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2014-09-22 |
LEONEN, J. |
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| This may show an intention to ensure the death of the victim. In a case where the victim sustained a total of 36 stab wounds in his front and back, this court noted that "this number of stab wounds inflicted on the victim is a strong indication that appellants made sure of the success of their effort to kill the victim without risk to themselves."[59] | |||||
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2013-09-11 |
BRION, J. |
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| Once again, we point out that the petitioner was positively identified by Malana and Cuntapay. Thus, the prosecution did not have to identify and prove the motive for the killing. It is a matter of judicial knowledge that persons have been killed for no apparent reason at all, and that friendship or even relationship is no deterrent to the commission of a crime.[18] | |||||
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2009-10-28 |
PERALTA, J. |
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| The failure of the police report to mention Sardia's name as a witness would not detract from the fact that he saw respondent Acosta with an unidentified man running away from the chapel and riding the waiting get- away vehicle driven by Sapiandante. Entries in a police blotter, though regularly done in the course of the performance of official duty, are not conclusive proof of the truth of such entries and should not be given undue significance or probative value for they are usually incomplete and inaccurate.[38] | |||||
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2003-09-03 |
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J. |
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| Moreover, firmly established is the rule that alibi and denial are inherently weak and have always been viewed with disfavor by the courts due to the facility with which they can be concocted.[22] Such defense warrants the least credibility or none at all[23] and cannot prevail over the positive identification of the accused by the prosecution witness.[24] Denial is a self-serving negative evidence that cannot be given greater weight than the declaration of a credible witness who testified on affirmative matters.[25] | |||||