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70 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: People vs. Gutierrez
70 Supreme Court Reports Annotated: People vs. Gutierrez
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could have sufficed to pin down culpability.
The evidence against appellant is simply too
overwhelming for it to be easily overcome by an invocation
of alibi. Besides, the essential requirements of distance and
the impossibility of an accused being at the scene of the
crime at the crucial time must be attendant so as to give
this defense any serious consideration.
Appellant assails the credibility of Enriquez 18
by an
assertion that his testimony is „ill-motivated.‰ The Court
itself has reviewed EnriquezÊs testimony, and it is satisfied
that his
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