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PEOPLE vs Marlon Delim, Leon Delim, Manuel Delim Alias [SEPARATE OPINION, VITUG, J.]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. MARLON DELIM, LEON DELIM, MANUEL DELIM ALIAS “BONG” (AT LARGE), ROBERT DELIM (AT LARGE), AND RONALD DELIM ALIAS “BONG”, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 142773 | 2003-01-28

SEPARATE OPINION

VITUG, J.:

Circumstantial evidence has been defined as that which relates to a series of facts other than the fact in issue which, by experience, are found to be so associated with such fact that, in relation of cause and effect, they lead to a veritable conclusion. There should, for circumstantial evidence to warrant a criminal conviction, be a) more than one circumstance; b) proof of the facts from which the inference is derived; and c) a clear showing that the combination of all the circumstances can aptly support a conviction beyond reasonable doubt.[1] The use of circumstantial evidence in criminal cases,...