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Robbery with Homicide: How Circumstantial Evidence Secures a Conviction
Explaining the Supreme Court's ruling in People v. Mancao on robbery with homicide, circumstantial evidence, and the presumption of guilt from possession of stolen property.
The Fencing Law and the Presumption in Dealing With Stolen Goods
Understand the Anti-Fencing Law's presumption of guilt for possessing stolen goods, explained through a Philippine Supreme Court case.
Presumption OF Guilt IN Philippine Malversation Cases WHY Accountability Matters
Presumption of Guilt in Malversation Cases: How Public Officials Can Defend Themselves
Learn how Philippine courts apply the presumption of guilt in malversation cases and what defenses public officials can raise.
Smuggling and the Presumption of Guilt: Possession and Tax Obligations in Philippine Law
When does possession of untaxed goods create a presumption of smuggling under Philippine law? The Supreme Court explains in Rieta v. People.
Reasonable Doubt and Malversation: Rebutting the Presumption of Guilt
How a disbursing officer's stroke rebutted the presumption of malversation, showing proof beyond reasonable doubt still matters.
Acquittal in Malversation Case Shows Audit Gaps Can Overcome Presumption of Guilt
Supreme Court acquits treasurer and cashier of malversation, ruling that flawed audit findings and lack of proof of actual shortage defeat the presumption of misappropriation.
Presumption of Guilt for Possession of Stolen Vehicle: The Duty to Explain
Philippine Supreme Court ruling on how possessing a stolen vehicle creates a presumption of guilt and the accused's duty to explain.