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People vs. Palema

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, V. RONALD PALEMA Y VARGAS, RUFEL PALMEA Y BAUTISTA, LYNDON SALDUA Y QUEZON, AND VIRGO GRENGIA, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 228000 | 2019-07-10

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONEN, J.:
 
In the prosecution of robbery with homicide, the State must prove that the offender's original intent was to commit the crime of robbery. The killing of the victim must only be incidental. Nevertheless, the act of taking the victim's life may occur before, during, or even after the robbery. So long as the homicide was committed by reason of or on the occasion of the robbery, the offense committed is the special complex crime of robbery with homicide.[1]
 
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