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Jan 31, 2000 criminal-law self-defense homicide witness-credibility police-officers revised-penal-code

Positive Identification Overrides Alibi: Examining Witness Credibility and Delayed Reporting in Criminal Convi

The Supreme Court affirms a homicide conviction, rejecting self-defense, and clarifies the rules on witness credibility and delayed reporting.