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[2/2] PEOPLE vs Adoracion Sevilla and Joel Gaspar

[2/2] PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ADORACION SEVILLA y JOSON @ BABY and JOEL GASPAR y CABRAL, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 124077 | 2000-09-05

Not only that, where the inculpatory facts and circumstances are capable of two or more explanations or interpretations, one of which is consistent with the innocence of the accused and the other consistent with his guilt, the evidence does not meet or hurdle the test of moral certainty required for conviction.[47] Consequently, the acquittal of appellants is indicated.

The illegal search conducted by the NARCOM agents is not the only constitutional infirmity tainting the case. An exhaustive review of the records discloses that appellants were not duly informed of their constitutional rights after their arrest. Neither were they assisted...