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Noel Enojas y Hingpit (Text the accused, to the exclusion of the others, as the guilty
Message) person. The circumstantial evidence must exclude the
possibility that some other person has committed the
It has been held that circumstantial evidence is sufficient crime.
for conviction if:
Here, this Court finds that the prosecution failed
a. There is more than one circumstance; to present sufficient circumstantial evidence to convict
b. The facts from which the inference are derived the petitioner of the offense charged. We find that the
are proven; pieces of evidence presented before the trial court fail to
c. The combination of all the circumstances is such provide a sufficient combination of circumstances as to
as to produce a conviction beyond reasonable produce a conviction beyond reasonable doubt.
doubt.