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People vs. Omar Mapalao

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. OMAR MAPALAO and REX MAGUMNANG, defendants-appellants. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Paterno Aquino for defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 92415 | 1991-05-14

D E C I S I O N

GANCAYCO, J.:

Highway robbery with homicide is a heinous offense. It is condemnable enough for a person to commit robbery by way of a holdup but if in the process human life is taken, the criminal act is certainly detestable. No less than the death penalty provided by law should be meted out if we are to contain the proliferation of this odious offense. Unfortunately, unless Congress and Malacañang act accordingly to consider by law this class of crimes as heinous offenses, the Courts must have to comply with the constitutional injunction against the imposition of the supreme penalty.

The facts are accurately related by...