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2014-06-30 |
REYES, J. |
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| While the natural reaction of a rape victim would have been to make an outcry after the danger to her had passed,[42] the truth is BBB saw no towel stuffed in AAA's mouth, and in fact there was no need to gag AAA because, as she herself admitted, throughout her ordeal, she chose to just cry quietly. BBB admitted that she initially overheard her granddaughter talking with Lando in a low voice, or "secretly," which could only have meant that they both desired to avoid discovery. It is also important to mention that BBB saw no knife either beside AAA or in the hand of Rondina as he walked out. | |||||
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2008-11-26 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| It is the primordial duty of the prosecution to present its side with clarity and persuasion, so that conviction becomes the only logical and inevitable conclusion.[91] What is required of it is to justify the conviction of the accused with moral certainty.[92] Upon the prosecution's failure to meet this test, acquittal becomes the constitutional duty of the Court, lest its mind be tortured with the thought that it has imprisoned an innocent man for the rest of his life.[93] | |||||
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2002-11-12 |
YNARES-SANTIAGO, J. |
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| and satisfy the conscience of those who are to act in judgment.[19] To be sure, it is the primordial duty of the prosecution to present its side with clarity and persuasion, so that conviction becomes the only logical and inevitable conclusion. What is required of it is to justify the conviction of the accused with moral certainty.[20] Upon the prosecution's failure to meet this test, acquittal becomes the constitutional duty of the Court, lest its mind be tortured with the thought that it has imprisoned an innocent man for the rest of his life.[21] | |||||