Practice question
A prosecutor treats an unproved suspected fact as true and then builds guilt solely on another inference from it. Which requirement is implicated?
- A requirement that the accused prove every suspicion false.
- A rule making suspicion conclusive evidence.
- The need for proven foundational facts and the prohibition on inferences based on other inferences.
- A rule prohibiting all documentary evidence.
- A rule making prosecutor confidence the trial standard.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, effective May 1, 2020; Rules 131-133, specifically the cited sections: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
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