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PEOPLE vs Wilson Lab-Eo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILSON LAB-EO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133438 | 2002-01-16

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

An Information to be sufficient must contain all the elements required by the Rules on Criminal Procedure. In the crime of murder, the qualifying circumstance raising the killing to the category of murder must be specifically alleged in the Information. The Information is sufficient as long as the qualifying circumstance is recited in the Information, regardless of whether designated as aggravating or qualifying, or whether written separately in another paragraph or lumped together with the general averments in a single paragraph.

The Case

Before this Court is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial...