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2007-08-15 |
CARPIO MORALES, J. |
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| In all criminal cases, all doubts should be resolved in favor of the accused on the principle that it is better to liberate a guilty man than to unjustly keep in prison one whose guilt has not been proven by the required quantum of evidence.[52] This is one instance. Appellant must be acquitted. | |||||
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2002-01-24 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| Lastly, as to the third assignment of error, appellants argue that the trial court erred in not giving weight to the testimony of NBI forensic chemist Aida Magsipoc who testified on the negative results of the paraffin tests. While a negative result on a paraffin test is not conclusive proof that an accused did not fire a gun, such fact if considered with the other circumstances of the case, may be taken as an indication of his innocence.[47] The prosecution's evidence must stand or fall on its own merit, and cannot draw strength from the weakness of the evidence of the defense.[48] | |||||