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2005-06-30 |
GARCIA, J. |
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| In any event, this Court has said time and again that the assessment of the credibility of witnesses and their testimonies is best undertaken by the trial court, what with reality that it has the opportunity to observe the witnesses first-hand and to note their demeanor, conduct, and attitude while testifying. Its findings on such matters, absent, as here, of any arbitrariness or oversight of facts or circumstances of weight and substance, are final and conclusive upon this Court and will not to be disturbed on appeal.[14] | |||||
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2002-10-04 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| evidence of guilt,[77] there is no law or dictum holding that staying put is proof of innocence, for the Court is not blind to the cunning ways of a wolf which, after a kill, may feign innocence and choose not to flee.[78] On the want of motive on the part of appellants to commit the massacre, we find that the question of motive lacks pertinence in the instant cases. Motive is a key element only when establishing guilt through circumstantial evidence[79] or when the | |||||