Key legal question
Whether the appellate court's finding that the victim was unarmed was arbitrary and violated the presumption of innocence / in dubio pro reo.
Extracted holding
The appellate court could reasonably find that the victim left the restaurant unarmed; the defense version remained speculation and was not supported by evidence.
Extracted reasoning
No witness saw the victim armed, the victim consistently denied carrying a weapon, intercepted calls supported that account, and the defense theory lacked factual basis. The court's assessment was therefore not arbitrary.