Denial, Positive Identification, Ill Motive

Too, the Supreme Court sustains the RTC and the CAs rejection of accused-appellants defense founded on denial. Time and again, this Court has ruled that denial is the weakest of all defenses. It easily crumbles in the face of positive identification by accused as the perpetrator of the crime. Here, no less than two eyewitnesses in Villaruel and victim Virginia positively and categorically named Glino as one of the Boji couples assailants. Their identification of accused-appellant was unwavering, made in a simple and straightforward manner. Corollarily, they had no ill motive to testify falsely against Glino. Upon the other hand, other than his bare denial, no corroborating evidence was put forth to substantiate accused-appellants disparate account of the incident. (G.R. No. 173793; December 4, 2007)