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    SUPREME COURT REPORTS ANNOTATED 859


    Evidence; Well-settled is the principle that the
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    testimony of a single witness, if
    straightforward and categorical, is sufficient
    Search Result to convict.—Sario’s testimony, although
    uncorroborated, can be relied upon. Well-
    settled is the principle that the testimony of
    a single witness, if straightforward and
    categorical, is sufficient to convict. As clearly
    put by the Court in the case of  People v.
    Hillado, 307 SCRA 535 (1999). x  x  x  Thus,
    the testimony of a lone eyewitness, if
    found positive and credible by the trial
    court, is sufficient to support a
    conviction especially when the
    testimony bears the earmarks of truth
    and sincerity and had been delivered
    spontaneously, naturally and in a
    straightforward manner. Witnesses are to
    be weighed, not numbered. Evidence is
    assessed in terms of quality and not
    quantity.  Therefore, it is not uncommon
    to reach a conclusion of guilt on the
    basis of the testimony of a lone witness.
    For although the number of witnesses may
    be considered a factor in the appreciation of
    evidence, preponderance is not necessarily
    with the greatest number and conviction can
    still be had on the basis of the credible and
    positive testimony of a single witness.
    Corroborative evidence is deemed necessary
    “only when there are reasons to warrant the
    suspicion that the witness falsified the truth
    or that his observation had been inaccurate.”
    x  x  x Moreover, the Certificate of Death of
    Fernando stating that he died of multiple
    stab wounds corroborates Sario’s testimony.
    Same; Same; Flight; Flight from the
    scene of the crime and failure to immediately
    surrender militate against Hesson’s
    contention of innocence “since an innocent
    person will not hesitate to take prompt and
    necessary action to exonerate himself of the
    crime im-

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    *  SECOND DIVISION.

     
     
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    VOL. 859, MARCH 14, 2018 309


    People vs. Callao

    puted to him.”—Hesson’s immediate


    departure from the scene of the crime and
    successful effort to elude arrest until his
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