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2009-04-17 |
NACHURA, J. |
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| One other thing has sealed the conviction of Cawaling. We note that he jumped bail and fled. On this score, jurisprudence has consistently held that flight of an accused is indicative of his guilt.[20] | |||||
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2006-12-06 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| We also observed that appellant, who was a resident of Barangay Pagulingin, Lipa City, immediately left his residence after the incident. He went to the house of his brother-in-law, Ben Palma, in Barangay Masaya, Rosario, Batangas, where he was later arrested by the police of Lipa City. Appellant failed to explain his presence thereat. Thus, his flight after the incident is a circumstance from which an inference of guilt may be drawn.[46] If he is truly innocent of the charge and his conscience is clear, there is no reason for him to run away and hide at the house of his brother-in-law. | |||||
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2005-03-04 |
SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J. |
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| On the second issue, petitioner invokes self-defense. Hence, it is incumbent upon him to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he indeed acted in defense of himself. For in invoking self-defense, the accused admits killing or seriously wounding the victim and thus, has the burden to justify his act.[15] The requisites of self-defense are: (1) unlawful aggression; (2) reasonable necessity of the means employed to repel or prevent it; and (3) lack of sufficient provocation of the part of the person defending himself.[16] | |||||