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Borje, Nicasio vs. Sandiganbayan, et al.

NICASIO BORJE, petitioner, vs. SANDIGANBAYAN and THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. L-55436 | 1983-11-25

D E C I S I O N


GUERRERO, J.:

That the constitutional presumption of innocence in favor of the accused has not been satisfactorily overcome by the prosecution evidence in the case at bar where the conviction of petitioner for falsification of public documents was based principally on the mere assumption that as possessor of the falsified documents, he is presumed to be the author of the falsification, is stoutly raised in this appeal by certiorari. Since there is no direct proof showing that accused-appellant, being then the Provincial Plant Industry Officer with many subordinate employees and personnel under him engaged in agricultural...