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2004-04-14 |
CALLEJO, SR., J. |
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| This Court consistently held that like alibi, self-defense is inherently weak.[39] When the accused invokes self-defense as an affirmative defense, the burden of evidence is shifted on him to prove his defense with clear and convincing evidence. By interposing self-defense, the accused thereby admits having deliberately killed or inflicted injuries on the victim. The accused must rely on the strength of his own evidence and not on the weakness of the evidence of the prosecution.[40] If he fails to prove his defense, the evidence of the prosecution can no longer be disbelieved and the accused can no longer be exonerated of the crime charged.[41] | |||||