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PEOPLE vs Celso Reynes

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CELSO REYNES alias “Boy Baga”, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134607 | 2001-12-12

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

Treachery, whenever present and alleged in the information, qualifies the killing of the victim and raises it to the category of murder. Once appreciated as a qualifying circumstance, treachery can no longer be considered anew as a generic aggravating circumstance for the purpose of imposing the supreme penalty of death.

The Case

Before this Court, by way of automatic review, is the Decision[1] dated July 13, 1998, of the Regional Trial Court of Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Branch 46, convicting appellant Celso Reynes alias "Boy Baga" of murder aggravated by treachery and sentencing him to suffer the supreme...