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Arturo Rimorin Sr vs PEOPLE

ARTURO G. RIMORIN SR., petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 146481 | 2003-04-30

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

Corpus delicti in its legal sense refers to the fact of the commission of the crime, not to the physical body of the deceased or to the ashes of a burned building or -- as in the present case -- to the smuggled cigarettes. The corpus delicti may be proven by the credible testimony of a sole witness, not necessarily by physical evidence such as those aforementioned.

The Case

Before the Court is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to reverse the December 22, 2002 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CR No. 17388. The assailed Decision modified the February 18,...