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Oct 14, 2002criminal-laweyewitness-identificationsuggestive-identificationdue-processevidencerobbery-with-homicide
Suggestive Identification Taints Conviction: Safeguarding Fair Trials in Philippine Criminal Law
The Supreme Court acquits a robbery-homicide convict because a suggestive mug shot tainted eyewitness identification, reaffirming the need for fair trials.