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2002-05-29 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| Concededly as pointed out by the lower court, the evidence of the defense has its share of inconsistencies. This, however, cannot be made to favor the cause of the prosecution. It is a well-entrenched rule in criminal law that the evidence for the prosecution must stand or fall on its own weight[74] and cannot be allowed to draw strength from the weakness of the defense.[75] Furthermore, it is a hornbook doctrine that if inculpatory facts and circumstances are capable of two or more explanations, one of which is consistent with the innocence of the accused and the other consistent with his guilt, then the evidence does not fulfill the test of moral certainty and is not sufficient to support a conviction.[76] | |||||