Practice question
The complaint evidence, even if uncontradicted, fails to establish an essential element. Does a respondent’s silence necessarily cure the gap?
- Yes, silence creates every missing element
- Yes, no counter-affidavit means automatic guilt
- No, because respondent evidence is always mandatory to prove a prosecution element
- No
- The prosecutor may invent the missing fact
Legal references
- DC15 Section5; Meking v. Remulla: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/nov2025/gr_280455_2025.html
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