JUSTICE MARTIN VILLARAMA, JR.: ALIBI IS THE WEAKEST OF ALL DEFENSES

alibi is the weakest of all defenses, for it is easy to fabricate and difficult to prove; it cannot prevail over the positive identification of the accused by the witnesses. Moreover, for the defense of alibi to prosper, the requirements of time and place must be strictly met. It is not enough to prove that the accused was somewhere else when the crime was committed, but he must also demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence that it was physically impossible for him to have been at the scene of the crime at the time the same was committed (People of the Phils. vs. Eduardo Castro and Renerio delos Reyes, G.R. No. 187073, March 14, 2012, VILLARAMA, JR., J.).