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People of the Philippines Vs. Rene Baron y Tangarocan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Appellee, versus RENE BARON y TANGAROCAN, Appeellant. REY VILLATIMA and alias “DEDONG” BARGO, Accused.

G.R. No. 185209 | 2010-06-28

D E C I S I O N


DEL CASTILLO, J.:

Circumstantial evidence is sufficient to produce a conviction that the appellant conspired with his co-accused in committing the crime of robbery with homicide. His claim that he acted under the impulse of uncontrollable fear of an equal or greater injury could not be sustained because there was no genuine, imminent, and reasonable threat, preventing his escape that compelled him to take part in the commission of the offense charged.

Factual Antecedents

On July 19, 1995, an Information[1] was filed before the Regional Trial Court of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, Branch 60, charging Rene Baron y...