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PEOPLE vs. Isidro Mijares

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ISIDRO MIJARES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126042 | 1998-10-08

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

A person may be convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence, provided the proven circumstances inexorably lead to one fair and reasonable conclusion pointing to the accused as the guilty person, to the exclusion of all others. Where the evidence presented admits of other conclusions, the accused must be acquitted.

The Case

Appellant Isidro Mijares challenges before us the April 8, 1996 Decision1 [Penned by Judge Jesus C. Carbon, Jr.] of the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga City, Branch 16, in Criminal Case No. 13275, convicting him of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua.

In an...