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PEOPLE vs Juan Gonzales Escote Jr and Victor Acuyan [DECISION]

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN GONZALES ESCOTE, JR. @ Jun Mantika of Sta. Lucia, Angat, Bulacan and VICTOR ACUYAN y OCHOVILLOS @ Vic Arroyo of Sto. Ni?o, Poblacion, Bustos, Bulacan, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 140756 | 2003-04-04

D E C I S I O N
 
CALLEJO, SR., J.:
 
Robbery with homicide is classified as a crime against property. Nevertheless, treachery is a generic aggravating circumstance in said crime if the victim of homicide is killed treacherously. The Supreme Court of Spain so ruled. So does the Court rule in this case, as it had done for decades.

Before the Court on automatic review is the Decision[1] of Branch 11 of the Regional Trial Court of Bulacan in Criminal Case No. 443-M-97 convicting accused-appellants Juan Gonzales Escote, Jr. and Victor Acuyan of the complex crime of robbery with homicide, meting on each of them the supreme penalty of...