People vs.

Delos Santos Facts Flores, Salvador, Tablate and Rainier were drinking gin at Rainiers house at 8 pm. De Leon passed b and borrowed Flores !art to "et!h water. Suddenl , Delos Santos emerged "rom Flores ba!k and suddenl stabbed him upward and downward. De Leon hid be!ause o" "ear. Flores tried to run awa , but Delos Santos "ollowed him and !ontinued to stab him upward and downward, and onl stopped when he saw Flores was dead, and his intestines were alread out o" his stoma!h. The poli!e arrested Delos Santos at #$ pm. Delos Santos alibi is that he was at his aunties house %&$ meters awa and ma be traveled in '(& minutes) at 8 pm o" the same da , wat!hing T* with a !ertain +autista until 8,'$ pm and then went home. Dr. -aballero indi!ated that Flores obtained .# stab wounds, ## o" whi!h were "atal and some were lo!ated at his ba!k. Issue /s motive ne!essar in order to !onvi!t a!!used(appellant %Delos Santos) guilt o" murder0 Ruling Delos Santos is proven guilt be ond reasonable doubt o" murder with 1uali" ing !ir!umstan!e o" trea!her . Ratio 2lthough there was no proo" o" an alter!ation or heated argument between Delos Santos and Flores to establish motive, proo" o" motive is not an element o" murder, parti!ularl when e ewitnesses, De Leon and Tablate, have positivel identi"ied Delos Santos and his parti!ipation was ade1uatel established. %People v. 3alano) Testimonies o" the e ewitnesses, prevailed over the alibi and denial o" Delos Santos, even i" there were in!onsisten!ies and a two(month dela "or their statements to be taken. Stabbing is !onsidered trea!herous be!ause the atta!k was "rom behind without an slightest provo!ation on Delos Santos part and it was sudden and une4pe!ted, and Flores was totall unprepared "or su!h with no weapon to resist. Delos Santos alibi !ould not prosper be!ause it wasnt !onvin!ing enough to pre!lude an doubt on the ph si!al impossibilit o" his presen!e at the time and pla!e o" the in!ident.