A Chain of Circumstances: Proving Robbery with Homicide Beyond Reasonable Doubt
The Supreme Court upheld a robbery with homicide conviction built on circumstantial evidence after rejecting a flawed line-up and a coerced confession.
A robbery that ends in a killing is a single crime under Philippine law, and it can be proven without a single eyewitness. In People v. Cachuela (G.R. No. 191752, June 10, 2013), the Supreme Court affirmed a conviction for robbery with homicide even after discarding two pieces of the prosecution's evidence — a police line-up identification and a signed confession. What remained was a chain of circumstances, and the Court held that chain was strong enough to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
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