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2000-08-09 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| began and developed, treachery can in no way be established from mere suppositions, drawn solely from circumstances prior to the killing. x x x. The crime thus committed is only homicide, not murder as held by the trial court." And in the case of People v. Parras,[38] this Court had occasion to rule that: "Treachery must be proved by clear and convincing evidence, or as conclusively as the killing itself. x x x. In this regard, the prosecution failed to definitively establish the manner in which the initial assault against the deceased victim was committed to justify the | |||||