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PEOPLE vs. Edelciano Amaca, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES plaintiff-appellee vs. EDELCIANO AMACA @ "EDDIE" and "JOHN DOE" @ "OGANG," accused, EDELCIANO AMACA @ "EDDIE," accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 110129 | 1997-08-12

D E C I S I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

The ante mortem statement of the victim is sufficient to identify the assailant in the case at hand. However, the accused cannot be convicted of murder attended by treachery, because the Information charged him with murder qualified only by evident premeditation. This legal lapse of the prosecution for that matter, any prosecution lapse should benefit the appellant, because in a criminal case, the accused may be held accountable only for the crime charged (or for the crime necessarily included therein), and every doubt must be resolved in his favor. Thus, we hold him guilty only of homicide. Furthermore,...