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2003-01-28 |
AZCUNA, J. |
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| In stark contrast to the categorical declarations of Aileen, appellant merely raised denial and alibi as his defenses. Denial and alibi are weak defenses which are unavailing in the face of positive identification by the victim of the appellant as the violator of her honor.[43] Furthermore, appellant's alibi was shattered by the prosecution's rebuttal witness, Felisa Soriano, who testified that she never sent the appellant to Baguio to buy Campri leaves on January 15, 1995 since she has children whom she could send to Baguio City to buy the medicine.[44] It is further weakened by the fact that he escaped from detention on March 8, 1995[45] and was subsequently re-arrested two (2) days later on March 10, 1995[46] before his arraignment on May 9, 1995.[47] Such escapade is akin to flight before arrest in the commission of a crime, which signifies an awareness of guilt and a consciousness that he had no tenable defense against the rape charge.[48] | |||||