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PEOPLE vs Reyderick Lago

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. REYDERICK LAGO, appellant.

G.R. No. 121272 | 2001-06-06

D E C I S I O N

PANGANIBAN, J.:

When conspiracy is proven in a case of robbery with homicide, all those who participated in the robbery will be held guilty of the special complex crime of robbery with homicide, even if not all of them actually took part in the homicide perpetrated by just one of them on the occasion or as a consequence of the asportation.

The Case

Before the Court is an appeal by Reyderick Lago, assailing the February 28, 1995 Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pasig, Metro Manila (Branch 159), in Criminal Case No. 87719. The decretal portion of the assailed Decision, which found him guilty of robbery...