Practice question
A witness says no meeting occurred because she saw an empty room at noon, but the disputed meeting allegedly occurred at nine. Does her nonobservation at noon necessarily contradict the positive account?
- The positive account is automatically perjury
- Yes; one empty-room observation proves the entire day
- Only the room’s size matters
- Every negative statement defeats every positive statement
- No; the observations concern different times
Legal references
- A.M.19-08-15-SC, current Rules128,130 Sections1,21–22 and133 Sections1–5: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.pdf
- Gomez v. Gomez-Samson, G.R.156284, February6,2007, MAIN: https://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2007/feb2007/gr_156284_2007.html
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