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    Adriano Marquez witnessed Eduardo Celedonio rob Carmencita De Guzman's house while she was away. Marquez identified Celedonio to the police. Later, when police accompanied Marquez to identify Celedonio, Marquez pointed him out. When asked by police about the stolen items, Celedonio opened his motorcycle compartment revealing some of the stolen items. Both the trial court and appellate court found Celedonio guilty based on the circumstantial evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that circumstantial evidence can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt if it establishes an unbroken chain of circumstances leading to the reasonable conclusion that the defendant committed the crime.

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    Adriano Marquez witnessed Eduardo Celedonio rob Carmencita De Guzman's house while she was away. Marquez identified Celedonio to the police. Later, when police accompanied Marquez to identify Celedonio, Marquez pointed him out. When asked by police about the stolen items, Celedonio opened his motorcycle compartment revealing some of the stolen items. Both the trial court and appellate court found Celedonio guilty based on the circumstantial evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that circumstantial evidence can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt if it establishes an unbroken chain of circumstances leading to the reasonable conclusion that the defendant committed the crime.

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    Adriano Marquez witnessed Eduardo Celedonio rob Carmencita De Guzman's house while she was away. Marquez identified Celedonio to the police. Later, when police accompanied Marquez to identify Celedonio, Marquez pointed him out. When asked by police about the stolen items, Celedonio opened his motorcycle compartment revealing some of the stolen items. Both the trial court and appellate court found Celedonio guilty based on the circumstantial evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that circumstantial evidence can prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt if it establishes an unbroken chain of circumstances leading to the reasonable conclusion that the defendant committed the crime.

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    EDUARDO CELEDONIO v.

    PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES

    G.R. No. 209137, July 01, 2015


    Adriano Marquez witnessed the robbery perpetrated in the house of Carmencita De Guzman while
    she was away to attend to the wake of her deceased husband. No one was left in the house.
    Marquez, whose house was opposite the house of De Guzman and Celedonio, which were adjacent
    to each other, identified Celedonio as the culprit. Upon learning of the incident, De Guzman reported
    it to the police and requested that Celedomo be investigated for possibly having committed the
    crime, based on the account of Marquez.

    Later, a follow-up operation was conducted by PO1 Roque and SPO2 Sugui accompanied by
    Marquez. On their way, Marquez pointed to a man saying it’s Eduardo Celedonio.He was
    immediately flagged down. SPO2 Sugui asked him, "Where are the stolen items?" Celedonio then
    alighted from his motorcycle and opened its compartment where PO1 Roque saw some of the stolen
    items, as per report of the incident, such as the portable DVD player and a wristwatch, among
    others.

    RTC found Celedonio guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Robbery with Force Upon
    Things. CA affirmed.
    ISSUE: RULING:

    WON CA ERRED IN NO. The SC held that, “Jurisprudence tells us that direct evidence of the
    AFFIRMING THE crime is not the only matrix from which a trial court may draw its conclusion
    TRIAL COURT’S and finding of guilt. The rules on evidence allow a trial court to rely on
    RULING THAT THE circumstantial evidence to support its conclusion of guilt. The lack of direct
    PETITIONER’S evidence does not ipso facto bar the finding of guilt against the appellant. As
    GUILT WAS long as the prosecution establishes the accused-appellant's participation in
    PROVEN BASED the crime through credible and sufficient circumstantial evidence that leads
    ON to the inescapable conclusion that he committed the imputed crime, the
    CIRCUMSTANTIAL latter should be convicted.
    EVIDENCE.
    Circumstantial evidence is sufficient for conviction if:
    1) there is more than one circumstance;
    2) the facts from which the inferences are derived are proven; and
    3) the combination of all the circumstances is such as to produce a
    conviction beyond reasonable doubt.

    In this case, the prosecution sufficiently laid down the circumstances that,
    when taken together, constituted an unbroken chain that led to a reasonable
    conclusion that Celedonio was the perpetrator.

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