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People vs. Abillar [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FREDDIE ABILLAR, RAFAEL MEDINA and MARLON BAUTISTA (at large), accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 134606 | 2000-11-29

D E C I S I O N
 
BELLOSILLO, J.:
 
A rule of ancient respectability now sculpted into tradition is that circumstantial evidence suffices to convict only if the following requisites concur:  first, there is more than one circumstance; second, the facts from which the inferences are derived are proved; and third, the combination of all the circumstances is such as to produce conviction beyond reasonable doubt.[1] Indeed, circumstantial evidence may be likened to a tapestry which is made up of strands that create a pattern when interwoven. The circumstances proved should constitute an unbroken chain which leads...