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Apr 24, 2007 criminal-law rape denial-defense alibi credibility supreme-court

Treachery in Criminal Law: Unexpected Assaults and the Denial Defense in Philippine Jurisprudence

How Philippine courts treat denial and alibi defenses in rape cases, and why the victim's credible testimony prevails.