People vs. Ancheta
Transcript of People vs. Ancheta
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People vs. Ancheta (G.R.
No. 143935)
Facts: On March 20, 1987,
Alfredo Roca he was in hisfarm to threshpalay. Later
on, an owner-type eep with
trailer stopped at a spot not
far from his h!t" #e
reco$ni%ed the occ!pants as
acc!sed Antos &acanay,
'd$ardo (Lilin$( Areola,
)illiam Ancheta, Lito de la
*r!%, 'ly *alacala and
appellant +elipe (oy( lep
who all ali$hted from the
eep" &acanay, Areola and
Ancheta stood on one side of
the irri$ation canal facin$
Mar!n Roca who was
standin$ on the other side"
Alfredo saw &acanay s!ddenly
p!ll o!t a $!n and shoot
Mar!n on the head, ca!sin$
the latter to fall to the
$ro!nd" As he lay on the
$ro!nd, Mar!n was a$ain
shot, this time .y Areola andAncheta" /hereafter, lep, de
la *r!% and *alacala started
firin$ at Alfredos h!t" Alfredo
was not hit, howeer, .eca!se
he was a.le to $et o!t of the
h!t and die into the irri$ation
canal in the nic of time"
#oweer, enita and +e.e
were fatally hit .y the initial
olley of $!nfire" /he
assailants fired at Alfredo in
the canal .!t they did not hit
him" Ancheta then h!rled a
$renade which e3ploded near
the h!t" )hen the $ro!p ran
o!t of .!llets, Alfredo
emer$ed from the canal and
hid inside his h!t" #e saw the
$ro!p load onto the trailer 45
sacs ofpalay, each
containin$ an aera$e of 50
ilos al!ed at 6"50 per ilo"
Alfredo owned the
stolenpalay" Appellant lep
and his companions then.oarded their eep and left"
Issue: )hether or not the
a$$raatin$ circ!mstances of
treachery and with a .and are
present"
Held: f the a$$raatin$
circ!mstances alle$ed in the
information,14only treachery
and .and were esta.lished"
/here was treachery as the
eents narrated .y the
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eyewitnesses pointed to the
fact that the ictims co!ld not
hae possi.ly .een aware that
they wo!ld .e attaced .y
appellant and his companions"
/here was no opport!nity for
the ictims to defend
themseles as the assailants,
s!ddenly and witho!t
proocation, almost
sim!ltaneo!sly fired their
$!ns at them" /he essence of
treachery is the s!dden and
!ne3pected attac witho!t the
sli$htest proocation on the
part of the person attaced"
/he offense was also proen
to hae .een e3ec!ted .y a
.and" A crime is committed
.y a .and when at least fo!r
armed malefactors act
to$ether in the commission
thereof" n this case, all si3
acc!sed were armed with
$!ns which they !sed on their
ictims" *learly, all the armed
assailants, incl!din$
appellant, too direct part in
the e3ec!tion of the ro..ery
with homicide"
/#R& &:O;
!ne ,
200"?
P!P" !F #H
PHI"IPPIN$,ap
pellee, vs.
WILLIAM ANCHE
TA, EDGARDO
AREOLA, ANTOS
DACANAY, LITO
DE LA CRUZ,
FELIPE ULEP @
BOY ULEP AND
ELY
CALACALA, accus
ed"
F"IP %"P & '!
%"Pappellant"
* + I $ I ! N
+!R!NA,J p@
/his is an appeal from the
decision 1dated Octo.er 1,
1998 of the Re$ional /rial
*o!rt of *a.anat!an *ity,
ranch 40, conictin$ the
appellant +elipe (oy( lep ofthe crime of ro..ery with
homicide and sentencin$ him
to s!ffer the penalty
of reclusion perpetua"
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Appellant, to$ether with
)illiam Ancheta, 'd$ardo
(Lilin$( Areola, Antos
&acanay, Lito dela *r!% and
'ly *alacala, was char$edwith the crime of ro..ery with
m!ltiple homicide and
fr!strated m!rder in an
nformation dated ;oem.er
2, 1987@
/hat on or a.o!t
the 20th day of
March, 1987, at
12@00 oBcloc to
1@00 oBcloc in the
afternoon, at
Man$$ahan, icos,
Ri%al, ;!ea 'cia,
6hilippines, and
within the
!risdiction of this#onora.le *o!rt,
the a.oe-named
acc!sed,
conspirin$,
confederatin$ and
helpin$ one
another, did then
and there wilf!lly,!nlawf!lly and
felonio!sly,
thro!$h force and
intimidation !pon
persons, tae, ro.
and carry away
thirty C40D caans
of
cleanpalayal!ed
at 6,500"00.elon$in$ to
Alfredo Roca, to
his dama$e and
pre!dice, and in
order to
s!ccessf!lly carry
o!t the ro..ery,
the a.oe-namedacc!sed, p!rs!ant
to the same
conspiracy,
wilf!lly, !nlawf!lly
and felonio!sly,
with eident
premeditation and
with treachery,
and with intent to
ill, fired their
$!ns at Mar!n
Roca, which
ca!sed his death,
shot at enita
AendaEo Roca
and +e.e Roca and
h!rled a $renadea$ainst them and
.oth of them died
as conseF!ence of
the wo!nds they
s!stainedG and
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also fired !pon
Alfredo Roca with
their firearms,
th!s performin$ all
the acts of e3ec!tion which
wo!ld prod!ce the
crime of m!rder as
a conseF!ence .!t
which,
neertheless, did
not prod!ce it .y
reason of thetimely r!nnin$ for
coer .y the said
Alfredo Roca"
/hat in the
commission of the
crime, the $eneric
a$$raatin$
circ!mstances oftreachery,
disre$ard of the
respect d!e the
deceased +e.e
Roca and enita
AendaEo Roca on
acco!nt of their
a$e and se3 andthat the crime was
committed .y a
.and"
ALL *O;/RARH /O
LA)" ,
All of the acc!sed remain at
lar$e to this day e3cept for
appellant who was arrested
on >an!ary 5, 1990" #e
pleaded not $!ilty d!rin$arrai$nment on >an!ary 25,
1990" n order to e3pedite the
hearin$ of his case, appellant
was $ranted a separate trial"
/he prosec!tion presented
Alfredo Roca, ir$ilita Roca-
La!rea$a, &r" A!rora elsa
and 'milio Roca as its
witnesses" /he prosec!tion
anchored its case principally
on the testimony of Alfredo
Roca who saw how appellant
and his companions ro..ed
them of 45 sacs
ofpalay after illin$ his son
Mar!n Roca, his wife enitaRoca and his mother +e.e
Roca"
Alfredo Roca testified that
.etween 12@00 noon and 1@00
p"m" of March 20, 1987, he
was in his farm in
Man$$ahan, Ri%al, ;!ea
'cia to threshpalay" )ith
him at that time were Mar!n
Roca, enita Roca, +e.e Roca
and da!$hter ir$ilita Roca-
La!rea$a" #e, enita and
+e.e were a.o!t to tae their
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l!nch inside his h!t" Mar!n
and ir$ilita were done eatin$
and were standin$ o!tside" At
this point, Alfredo noticed the
arrial of an owner-type eepwith trailer which stopped at a
spot not far from his h!t" #e
reco$ni%ed the occ!pants as
acc!sed Antos &acanay,
'd$ardo (Lilin$( Areola,
)illiam Ancheta, Lito de la
*r!%, 'ly *alacala and
appellant +elipe (oy( lepwho all ali$hted from the
eep" &acanay, Areola
andAncheta stood on one side
of the irri$ation canal facin$
Mar!n Roca who was
standin$ on the other side"
+rom a distance of 10 to 12
meters, Alfredo saw &acanay
s!ddenly p!ll o!t a $!n and
shoot Mar!n on the head,
ca!sin$ the latter to fall to the
$ro!nd" As he lay on the
$ro!nd, Mar!n was a$ain
shot, this time .y Areola
and Ancheta" /hereafter, lep,
de la *r!% and *alacala
started firin$ at AlfredoBs h!t"Alfredo was not hit, howeer,
.eca!se he was a.le to $et
o!t of the h!t and die into
the irri$ation canal in the nic
of time" #oweer, enita and
+e.e were fatally hit .y the
initial olley of $!nfire" /he
assailants fired at Alfredo in
the canal .!t they did not hit
him" Ancheta then h!rled a$renade which e3ploded near
the h!t" )hen the $ro!p ran
o!t of .!llets, Alfredo
emer$ed from the canal and
hid inside his h!t" #e saw the
$ro!p load onto the trailer 45
sacs of palay, each
containin$ an aera$e of 50ilos al!ed at 6"50 per ilo"
Alfredo owned the
stolenpalay" Appellant lep
and his companions then
.oarded their eep and left"
ir$ilita Roca-La!rea$a
corro.orated the eyewitness
acco!nt of her father AlfredoRoca" :he declared that, from
a distance of 10 meters, she
saw her .rother Mar!n fall to
the $ro!nd after .ein$ shot .y
&acanay" +ollowin$ the
$renade e3plosion, Areola
aimed his $!n at her and
p!lled the tri$$er .!t the $!ndid not fire .eca!se he had
apparently r!n o!t of .!llets"
:he also saw appellant lep
fire his $!n at her fatherBs
h!t"
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&r" A!rora elsa, assistant
proincial health officer of
Ri%al, ;!ea 'cia, cond!cted
the a!topsy on the .odies of
Mar!n, enita and +e.e" #erreport showed that@ C1D
Mar!n s!stained $!nshot
wo!nds in the head, stomach
and chestG C2D enita s!ffered
$!nshot wo!nds that
p!nct!red her small and lar$e
intestines and C4D +e.eBs
$!nshot wo!nds in her chestdama$ed her l!n$s, heart and
lier" &r" elsa declared that
all the $!nshot wo!nds
s!stained .y the ictims were
fatal, ca!sin$ their immediate
death"
'milio Roca, 81 years old and
h!s.and of +e.e Roca,testified on the ciil aspect of
the case" #e stated that, as a
res!lt of the death of +e.e,
Mar!n and enita, the family
inc!rred e3penses for the
wae and f!neral in the
amo!nt of 685,000" Liewise,
the death of his wife, sister-in-law and $randson ca!sed
him to s!ffer a fit of
depression" #e lied in fear
and was forced to sell his
ho!se" #e transferred
residence .eca!se the
perpetrators mi$ht ret!rn to
ill him"
/he defense had a differentstory"
Appellant lep, a cogon-
$atherer in the farm of
'd$ardo Areola, alle$ed that
at aro!nd 10@40 a"m" on
March 20, 1987, he went to
AreolaBs farm to chec
whether thepalaycrops hadadeF!ate water" /he farm was
located !st .eside Alfredo
RocaBs" )hen he saw that the
crops were almost withered,
appellant dierted the flow of
water from AlfredoBs farm to
that of AreolaBs" )hile he was
.eside the irri$ation ditch, henoticed 10 male stran$ers in
the icinity of AlfredoBs h!t"
#e saw Alfredo attemptin$ to
throw a $renade at the other
side of the canal .!t two
women preented him from
doin$ so .y em.racin$ him"
As a res!lt of the str!$$le,
Alfredo dropped the $renade"
)here!pon Alfredo
immediately !mped into the
irri$ation canal to tae coer"
/he $renade then e3ploded"
#e neer saw his co-acc!sed
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in the icinity nor did he hear
any $!nshots" After
witnessin$ these eents,
appellant waled away and
contin!ed irri$atin$ AreolaBsfarm"
At a.o!t 1@00 p"m", he had
l!nch in the ho!se of his in-
laws in icos, Ri%al, ;!ea
'cia and ret!rned to the farm
at 2@00 p"m" #e wored !ntil
5@00 p"m" and spent the ni$ht
in the ho!se of his in-laws"
/he ne3t mornin$, he went
home to illa 6araiso, Ri%al,
;!ea 'cia"
+ederico *atalan, appellantBs
nei$h.or and
a barangaycaptain, testified
that at aro!nd 11@00 a"m" onMarch 20, 1987, he went to
his farm which was a.o!t 100
meters away from 'd$ardo
AreolaBs farm" etween 12@00
noon and 12@40 p"m", he saw
appellant walin$ towards the
irri$ation canal and oined him
to $o there" At 1@00 p"m",
they .oth went home to eat
l!nch and later ret!rned to
contin!e irri$atin$ their farms
!p to 5@00 p"m" After wor,
they proceeded home to illa
6araiso" #e also testified that
the wife of appellant was his
niece" On cross-e3amination,
he declared that he heard a
$!nshot at aro!nd 1@00 p"m"
On Octo.er 1, 1998, the trial
co!rt fo!nd appellant $!ilty
.eyond reasona.le do!.t of
the crime of ro..ery with
homicide" /he dispositie
portion of the decision read@
)#'R'+OR', in
iew of thefore$oin$
consideration and
findin$ that the
acc!sed, +'L6'
L'6, is $!ilty of
the special
comple3 crime of
RO'RH )/##OM*&', he is
here.y sentenced
to s!ffer
imprisonment of
R'*L:O;
6'R6'/AG to
indemnify the
heirs of Mar!n
Roca, enita
AendaEo-Roca
and +e.e Roca
650,000"00 each
for their deathsG to
pay the s!m of
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650,000"00 for
e3penses inc!rred
for the .!rial of
Mar!n Roca and
enita AedaEo-RocaG to pay the
s!m of 650,000"00
to 'milio Roca for
.!rial e3penses
inc!rredG and to
pay the heirs of
Mar!n Roca,
enita AendaEo-Roca and +e.e
Roca, 650,000"00
each .y way of
moral dama$esG to
pay Alfredo Roca
the s!m of
67,877"00 for the
45 caans
ofpalaytaen on
the occasion of the
ro..eryG and to
pay the cost of
this s!it" /A&a'
:O OR&'R'&" 3
/h!s, the instant appeal
.ased on the followin$
assi$nments of error@
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n the first assi$nment of
error, appellant alle$es that
the trial co!rt erred in
admittin$ as eidence the
testimonies of the prosec!tion
witnesses despite the fail!re
of the prosec!tion to mae a
formal offer thereof in
iolation of R!le 142, :ection
4 of the R!les of *o!rt@
:ec" 4" Offer of
EvidenceJ /he
*o!rt shall
consider noeidence which
has not .een
formally
offered" " " ""
*orollarily, :ection 45 of the
same R!le 142 states that@
:ec" 45" When tomake offer" J As
re$ards the
testimony of a
witness, the offer
m!st .e made at
the time the
witness is called to
testify"
/his formal offer of testimonial eidence is
necessary in order to ena.le
the co!rt to r!le intelli$ently
on any o.ections to the
F!estions ased" As a $eneral
r!le, the proponent m!st
show its releance, materiality
and competence" )here the
proponent offers eidence
deemed .y co!nsel of the
aderse party to .e
inadmissi.le for any reason,
the latter has the ri$ht to
o.ect" !t s!ch ri$ht can .e
waied" ;ecessarily, the
o.ection m!st .e made at
the earliest possi.le time lestsilence, when there is an
opport!nity to spea,
operates as a waier of the
o.ection" 5
/he records show that the
prosec!tion failed to formallyoffer the F!estioned
testimonies of witnesses
Alfredo Roca and ir$ilita
Roca-La!rea$a" #oweer,
appellant waied this
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proced!ral error .y failin$ to
mae a timely o.ection, i"e",
when the $ro!nd for o.ection
.ecame reasona.ly apparent
the moment said witnesseswere called to testify witho!t
any prior offer hain$ .een
made .y the proponent" #e
een impliedly acF!iesced to
the materiality, competence
and releance of the
prosec!tion witnessesB
testimonies .y cross-e3aminin$ them" :ince
appellant failed to raise .efore
the trial co!rt the iss!e of the
prosec!tionBs fail!re to
formally offer the testimonies
of its witnesses, an o.ection
on this score raised for the
first time on appeal will not .e
entertained"
/he second and third
assi$nments of error, .ein$
interrelated, shall .e
disc!ssed ointly"
Appellant assails the
testimonies of prosec!tion
witnesses, Alfredo and
ir$ilita, for .ein$
!n.eliea.le and contrary to
h!man nat!re" Accordin$ to
appellant, the nat!ral
tendency of a person .ein$
fired at is to tae coer" /h!s,
it was inconceia.le for
Alfredo to still attempt to tae
a loo at his assailants as he
was at ris of .ein$ shot andilled" esides, he co!ld not
hae witnessed the illin$ of
Mar!n if he himself was .ein$
attaced at the same time"
t is apparent that appellantBs
defense rests mainly on the
credi.ility of the prosec!tion
witnesses" t is settled,
howeer, that, when the iss!e
of credi.ility of a witness is
inoled, the appellate co!rts
will $enerally not dist!r. the
findin$s of the trial co!rt,
considerin$ that the latter was
in a .etter position to resole
the matter, hain$ heard thewitness and o.sered his
deportment d!rin$ trial,
!nless certain facts of al!e
were plainly i$nored, which if
considered mi$ht affect the
res!lt of the case" -
)e find the trial co!rtBs
eal!ation of the facts and its
concl!sions f!lly s!pported .y
the eidence" Alfredo and
ir$ilita were strai$htforward
and cate$orical in their
narration of how appellant
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and his cohorts illed Mar!n,
+e.e and enita, and
thereafter too 45 caans
ofpalayfrom their farm"
&espite the $r!elin$ cross-e3amination, they neer
waered in their testimonies
re$ardin$ the details of the
crime"
)hat made their testimonies
een more credi.le was the
fact that .oth Alfredo and
ir$ilita had no ill-motie to
testify a$ainst appellant and
his co-acc!sed" t has .een
o!r consistent r!lin$ that a
witnessB testimony deseres
f!ll faith and credit where
there e3ists no eidence to
show any improper motie
why he sho!ld testify falselya$ainst the acc!sed, or why
he sho!ld implicate the
acc!sed in a serio!s
offense" +!rther, the
relationship of Alfredo and
ir$ilita to the ictims all the
more .olstered their
credi.ility as they nat!rallywanted the real c!lprits to .e
p!nished" t wo!ld .e
!nnat!ral for the relaties of
the ictims in search of !stice
to imp!te the crime to
innocent persons and not
those who were act!ally
responsi.le therefor"
Appellant also points o!t the$larin$ inconsistencies in the
testimonies of Alfredo and
ir$ilita" Appellant cites the
testimony of ir$ilita that the
assailants waited for a.o!t
fie min!tes after they
stopped firin$ at Mar!n
.efore they started shootin$
at her father Alfredo" /his,
accordin$ to appellant,
contradicted AlfredoBs
testimony that the
perpetrators started firin$ at
him immediately after Mar!n
was illed" Liewise, while
ir$ilita declared
that Ancheta threw the$renade .efore her father
!mped into the irri$ation
canal, Alfredo testified
that Ancheta threw the
$renade when he was already
in the canal" Appellant insists
that these inconsistencies
tainted the credi.ility of .othAlfredo and ir$ilita"
/he alle$ed discrepancies in
the testimonies of Alfredo and
ir$ilita referred only to minor
matters" /here was no
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inconsistency as far as the
principal occ!rrence and the
positie identification of the
assailants were concerned"
oth Alfredo and ir$ilitapositiely identified
appellantBs $ro!p as the
persons who attaced and
ro..ed them" /he co!rt a
quocorrectly cited the case
of eople vs. !abros/where
we held that@
nconsistencies
amon$ witnesses
testifyin$ on the
same incident may
.e e3pected
.eca!se different
persons may hae
different
impressions orrecollections of the
same incident"
One may
remem.er a detail
more clearly than
another" )itnesses
may hae seen
that same detailfrom different
an$les or
iewpoints" /hat
same detail may
.e minimi%ed .y
one .!t considered
important .y
another"
;eertheless,
these disparitiesdo not necessarily
taint the
witnessesB
credi.ility as lon$
as their separate
ersions are
s!.stantially
similar or a$ree onthe material
points" /h!s,
altho!$h it may .e
conceded that
there are some
ariations in the
separate
testimonies " " ",
these do not, in
o!r iew, detract
from the inte$rity
of their
declarations" On
the contrary, they
represent a
.eliea.le
narration, mademore so precisely
.eca!se of their
imperfections, of
what act!ally
happened" " " "
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Moreoer, the testimonies of
Alfredo and ir$ilita were
s!pported .y the medical
findin$s of &r" elsa" /he
presence of $!nshot wo!ndsin the .odies of the ictims
materially corro.orated the
prosec!tion witnessesB
testimonies that appellant and
his co-acc!sed repeatedly
fired their $!ns at their
hapless ictims"
Appellant also interposes the
defense of ali.i" /he time-
tested r!le is that ali.i cannot
preail oer the positie
assertions of prosec!tion
witnesses 9, more so in this
case where appellant failed to
proe that he was at another
place at the time of thecommission of the crime and
that it was physically
impossi.le for him to .e at
the crime scene" AppellantBs
claim that he was in 'd$ardo
AreolaBs farm from 10@40 a"m"
to 5@00 p"m" did not ne$ate
the possi.ility that he had$one to AlfredoBs farm
.etween 10@40 a"m" and 5@00
p"m" to commit the crime,
considerin$ the fact that
AreolaBs farm was !st .eside
AlfredoBs farm, the scene of
the crime"
t was, on the contrary,
appellantBs ali.i that wasconsidera.ly weaened .y the
maor inconsistencies .etween
his and +ederico *atalanBs
s!pposedly corro.oratin$
testimony" )hile appellant
testified that he did not hear
any $!nshot the entire day on
March 20, 1987, *atalan
contradicted this .y attestin$
that he heard a $!nshot at
a.o!t 1@00 p"m" Liewise,
appellant claimed that after
worin$ in the farm, he
proceeded to the ho!se of his
in-laws in icos and only went
home to illa 6araiso the ne3t
day" *atalan, on the otherhand, stated that after wor
that same day, they went
home to illa 6araiso to$ether"
Appellant also contends that
the prosec!tion failed to proe
the special comple3 crime of
ro..ery with homicide" #e
insists that there was no
showin$ that the perpetrators
illed the ictims in order to
steal thepalay"
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/here is ro..ery with
homicide when there is a
direct relation or an intimate
connection .etween the
ro..ery and the illin$,whether the illin$ taes place
prior or s!.seF!ent to the
ro..ery or whether .oth
crimes are committed at the
same time" 10
ased on the facts
esta.lished, the *o!rt is
coninced that the
prosec!tion adeF!ately
proed the direct relation
.etween the ro..ery and the
illin$" mmediately after
shootin$ the ictims, the
assailants loaded the sacs
ofpalayonto the trailer of the
eep" As they did so, noconersation too place and
there was no hesitation on
their part, indicatin$ that they
were proceedin$ from a
common, preconceied plan"
n fact, why wo!ld they .rin$
a trailer if their only p!rpose
was to massacre the RocafamilyK /he series of oert
acts e3ec!ted .y appellant
and his companions, in their
totality, showed that their
intention was not only to ill
.!t to ro. as well" /he $ro!p
tried to ill all the mem.ers of
the Roca family to ens!re lac
of resistance to their plan to
tae AlfredoBspalay")heneer homicide is
perpetrated with the sole
p!rpose of remoin$
opposition to the ro..ery or
s!ppressin$ eidence thereof,
the crime committed is
ro..ery with homicide" 11
+!rther, in order to s!stain a
coniction for ro..ery with
homicide, ro..ery m!st .e
proen as concl!siely as the
illin$ itself" 1,A reiew of
the entire records of this case
leads !s to concl!de that
ro..ery was esta.lished
.eyond reasona.le do!.t" Aslon$ as the illin$ is
perpetrated as a conseF!ence
or on the occasion of the
ro..ery, the special comple3
crime of ro..ery with
homicide is committed"
Of the a$$raatin$
circ!mstances alle$ed in the
information, 13only
treachery and .and were
esta.lished"
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7/24/2019 People vs. Ancheta
15/18
/here was treachery as the
eents narrated .y the
eyewitnesses pointed to the
fact that the ictims co!ld not
hae possi.ly .een aware thatthey wo!ld .e attaced .y
appellant and his companions"
/here was no opport!nity for
the ictims to defend
themseles as the assailants,
s!ddenly and witho!t
proocation, almost
sim!ltaneo!sly fired their$!ns at them" /he essence of
treachery is the s!dden and
!ne3pected attac witho!t the
sli$htest proocation on the
part of the person
attaced" 14
)e deem it necessary to
reiterate the principle laiddown .y the *o!rt en bancin
the case of eople vs. Escote"
Jr" 15on the iss!e of whether
treachery may .e appreciated
in ro..ery with homicide
which is classified as a crime
a$ainst property" /his *o!rt
held@
" " " CtDreachery is
a $eneric
a$$raatin$
circ!mstance to
ro..ery with
homicide altho!$h
said crime is
classified as a
crime a$ainst
property and asin$le and
indiisi.le
crime" " " "
333 333 333
#n fine" in the
application of
treachery as a
generic
aggravating
circumstance to
robbery $ith
homicide" the la$
looks at the
constituent crime
of homicide $hichis a crime against
persons and not at
the constituent
crime of robbery
$hich is a crime
against
property"%reacher
y is applied to the
constituent crime
of &homicide& and
not to the
constituent crime
of &robbery& of the
special comple'
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crime of robbery
$ith homicide"
%he crime of
robbery $ith
homicide does not
lose its
classification as a
crime against
property or as a
special comple'
and single and
indivisible crime
simply because
treachery is
appreciated as a
generic
aggravating
circumstance"%re
achery merelyincreases the
penalty for the
crime conformably
$ith Article () of
the *evised enal
+ode absent any
generic mitigating
circumstance"
333 333 333
n s!m then,
treachery is a
$eneric
a$$raatin$
circ!mstance in
ro..ery with
homicide when the
ictim of homicideis illed .y
treachery"
/he offense was also proen
to hae .een e3ec!ted .y a
.and" A crime is committed
.y a .and when at least fo!r
armed malefactors act
to$ether in the commission
thereof" n this case, all si3
acc!sed were armed with
$!ns which they !sed on their
ictims" *learly, all the armed
assailants, incl!din$
appellant, too direct part in
the e3ec!tion of the ro..ery
with homicide"
nder Article 29 C1D of the
Reised 6enal *ode, the crime
of ro..ery with homicide
carries the penalty
of reclusion perpetuato
death" nasm!ch as the crime
was committed on March 20,
1987 which was prior to the
effectiity of RA 759 on
&ecem.er 41, 1994, the
penalty of death cannot .e
imposed een if the
a$$raatin$ circ!mstances of
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treachery and .and attended
its commission" Only the
sin$le indiisi.le penalty
of reclusion perpetuais
imposa.le on appellant"
)ith respect to dama$es, we
affirm the award of 650,000
as ciil indemnity each for the
death of Mar!n, +e.e and
enita Roca" n addition,
moral dama$es m!st .e
$ranted in the amo!nt of
650,000 for each of the
deceased ictims" /he amo!nt
of 67,875 is also d!e to
Alfredo Roca as reparation for
the 45 sacs ofpalaystolen
from him, each al!ed at
6225" /he heirs of the ictims
are liewise entitled to
e3emplary dama$es in thes!m of 620,000 for each of
the three ictims d!e to the
a$$raatin$ circ!mstances
that attended the commission
of the crime" #oweer, the
award of .!rial e3penses
cannot .e s!stained .eca!se
no receipts were presented tos!.stantiate the same"
;onetheless, the ictimsB heirs
are entitled to the s!m of
625,000 as temperate
dama$es in lie! of act!al
dama$es, p!rs!ant to the
case
of eople vs. Abra,aldo" 1-
)#'R'+OR', the decision ofthe Re$ional /rial *o!rt of
*a.anat!an *ity, ranch 40,
conictin$ appellant +elipe
(oy( lep of the crime of
ro..ery with homicide and
sentencin$ him to s!ffer the
penalty of reclusion
perpetuais here.y A++RM'&
with MO&+*A/O;"
Appellant is also ordered to
pay the heirs of the ictims@
C1D 650,000 as ciil indemnity
for each of the three ictimsG
C2D 650,000 as moral
dama$es for each of the three
ictimsG C4D 67,875 as
reparation for the 45 stolensacs ofpalayG CD 620,000 as
e3emplary dama$es for each
of the three ictims and C5D
625,000 as temperate
dama$es" A*'/&
:O OR&'R'&"
-itug" andoval/0utierre,and +arpio 1orales"
JJ ""conc!r"
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Footnotes
1"6enned .y >!d$e +ederico" +aardo, >r", *ollo,
pp" 9120"
2"*ollo, p" 1"
4"*ollo, p" 120"
"AppellantBs rief, pp" 12"
5"+atuira vs. +ourt of
Appeals, 24 :*RA 498