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2000-10-12 |
MENDOZA, J. |
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| In previous cases, we granted the accused's motion for new trial on the basis of affidavits executed either by witnesses or by the perpetrators of the crime as they tend to establish the innocence of the accused.[34] In People v. Amparado[35] and Cuenca v. Court of Appeals,[36] affidavits confessing to the actual commission of the crime were executed by the supposed culprits. The Court remanded the cases to the trial court because of the possibility that, should the affidavits be proven true, the conviction of the accused could be reversed or at least modified. As has been said, the overriding need to render justice demands that an accused be granted all possible legal means to prove his innocence of a crime of which he is charged.[37] | |||||