Practice question
The prosecution proves several foundational circumstances through competent evidence and asks the court to assess their combined force. Does the ban on inference stacking necessarily prohibit that analysis?
- Yes, circumstantial reasoning is always forbidden.
- Yes, only an eyewitness can establish guilt.
- Yes, every inference from a fact is prohibited.
- Yes, the court must ignore the combined record.
- No; Section 4 expressly permits conviction from the qualifying combination of proved circumstances.
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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