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Rujjeric Z. Palaganas vs. People of the Philippines.

RUJJERIC Z. PALAGANAS,[1] Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 165483 | 2006-09-12

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: 
 
For what is a man, what has he got? 
If not himself, then he has naught. 
To say the things he truly feels; 
And not the words of one who kneels. 
The record shows I took the blows - 
And did it my way! 
 
The song evokes the bitterest passions. This is not the first time the song "My Way"[2] has triggered violent behavior resulting in people coming to blows. In the case at bar, the few lines of the song depicted what came to pass when the victims and the aggressors tried to outdo each other in their rendition of the...