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People of the Philippines Vs. Mark Jason Chavez y Bitangcor

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plainti.ff-appellee, vs. MARK JASON CHAVEZ y BITANCOR alias "NOY", Accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 207950 | 2014-09-22

SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION

LEONEN, J.:
 
Every conviction for any crime must be accompanied by the required moral certainty that the accused has committed the offense charged beyond reasonable doubt. The prosecution must prove "the offender's intent to take personal property before the killing, regardless of the time when the homicide [was] actually carried out".1 In order to convict for the crime of robbery with homicide. The accused may nevertheless be convi·cted of the separate crime of homicide once the prosecution establishes beyond reasonable doubt the accused's...