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2004-08-12 |
PANGANIBAN, J. |
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| We do not agree. Corpus delicti refers to the specific injury or loss sustained.[13] It is the fact of the commission of the crime[14] that may be proved by the testimony of eyewitnesses.[15] In its legal sense, corpus delicti does not necessarily refer to the body of the person murdered,[16] to the firearms in the crime of homicide with the use of unlicensed firearms,[17] to the ransom money in the crime of kidnapping for ransom,[18] or -- in the present case -- to the seized contraband cigarettes.[19] | |||||