Practice question
The prosecutor identifies admissible, credible documents proving all elements and identity, and an established means to preserve and present them. Counsel insists the standard necessarily requires one witness who personally saw every element. Which is correct?
- Section5 imposes no such universal eyewitness requirement
- A single all-seeing eyewitness is always mandatory
- Documents can never support indictment
- Identity can only be proved by confession
- Only police testimony counts
Legal references
- DOJ Department Circular 015 (2024), Sections2–7,10,15–16,19–20; primary issuance text reproduced at https://comanialaw.com/doj-department-circular-no-015-series-of-2024/
- Meking v. Remulla, G.R.280455, November11,2025, main ruling: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/nov2025/gr_280455_2025.html
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