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May 28, 2004 criminal-law murder treachery eyewitness-testimony parrafin-test alibi

Treachery and the Lone Eyewitness: Establishing Guilt Beyond Reasonable Doubt in Murder Cases

The Supreme Court affirms a murder conviction based on a lone eyewitness's positive identification, explaining how treachery qualifies killing and why paraffin tests are inconclusive.