Key legal question
Whether the appellate court acted arbitrarily in finding AX responsible for the abdominal and arm injuries of C and rejecting the in dubio pro reo argument.
Extracted holding
No. The first-time statement and corroborating evidence permitted the finding without arbitrariness or serious doubt.
Extracted reasoning
AX’s own early admission and the victim’s corroborating account made the attribution of the knife injuries sustainable; later denials did not render the finding manifestly untenable.