Criminal Law 8aPEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintif-appellee, vs. ROBERT CASTILLO y MONES, accused-appellant.[289 SCRA 213 (1998!Fa"#$% Around 1AM on May 5, 1993, Eulogio Velasco, foor manager of Cola Pub house along EDA, !as si""ing ou"side "he #ub !hile "al$ing !i"h his co%!or$er&oon, "heir cus"omer 'ony Dome"i"a came ou" of "he #ub and informed him "ha" he(ll be on his !ay home&)o!e*er, !hen he !as abou" an arm(s leng"h from Eulogio, a##ellan" +ober" Cas"illo came ou" from no!here and suddenly and !i"hou" !arning s"abbed 'ony !i"h a fan $nife on his lef" ches"&As 'ony #leaded for hel#, a##ellan" s"abbed him once more, hi""ing him on "he lef" hand&Eulogio #laced a chair be"!een "he "!o "o s"o# Cas"illo from fur"her a""ac$ing 'ony& 'ony ran a!ay bu" a##ellan" #ursued him&Eulogio came "o $no! la"er "ha" 'ony had died&)is body !as found ou"side "he fence of ,glesia ni Cris"o, EDA&Medico%legal o-cer "es"i.ed "ha" "he #ro/ima"e cause of 'ony(s dea"h !as "he s"ab !ound on his ches"&&'('n$'% A##ellan" +ober" Cas"illo claims "ha" deceden" 'ony !as a""ac$ed by 0 malefac"ors as "es"i.ed by one Edilber"o Marcelino, a "ricycle dri*er, !ho sa! men ganging u# on 'ony by "he com#ound of ,glesia ni Cris"o&R)lin*% 'he $illing !as 1uali.ed by "reachery&'reachery is commi""ed !hen 0 condi"ions concur2 314 means, me"hods and forms of e/ecu"ion em#loyed lef" "he #ersona""ac$ed no o##or"uni"y "o defend himself or "o re"alia"e, and 304 "ha" such means, me"hods, and forms of e/ecu"ion !ere delibera"ely and consciously ado#"ed by "he accused !5o danger "o his #erson&'hese re1uisi"es !ere e*iden"ly #resen" !hen "he accused a##eared from no!here and s!if"ly and une/#ec"edly s"abbed "he *ic"im 6us" as he !as bidding goodbye "o his friend&'he ac"ion rendered i" di-cul" for "he *ic"im "odefend himself&'he #resence of 7defense !ounds8 does no" nega"e "reachery because "he .rs" s"ab, fa"al as i" !as, !as infic"ed on "he ches" and hence, rendered 'ony defenseless&+HEREFORE, "he a##eal is hereby DENIED and "he assailed Decision is AFFIRMED, bu" "he a!ard of ac"ual and moral damages is DELETED for lac$ of fac"ual basis&Cos"s agains" a##ellan"&Criminal Law 8,PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintif-appellee, vs. RAMIL &ACIBAR an/ +ARLITO &ICON, accused-appellants. E/Fa"#$% A" around nine o(cloc$ in "he e*ening of e#"ember 5, 1991, 9elda :acalangco !as si""ing behind "heir bed near her husband, ;osue, !ho !as si""ing a" "he end of "he bed and !as lif"ing "he mos1ui"o ne"& uddenly, "here !as an e/#losion, follo!ed by "he sounds of foo"s"e#s& 9elda loo$ed "hrough "heir !indo! and sa! a##ellan" 9arli"o Diconcoming ou" from under "heir house, s"oo#ing and carrying a long .rearm& #on "he #rom#"ing of Vargas, Cando !en" "o "he fac"ory "o ge" hissalary& Candocamebac$angrybecausehe!asunable"oge" hissalaryfrom"hesecre"ary, nor!asheable"oge"aloanof P1@@&@@from"hecare"a$er& A##aren"ly,Candoalreadyhad#re*iousmisunders"andings!i"h"hecare"a$er, so"his"ime, he"hrea"ened "o $ill "he care"a$er& 'he grou# con"inued "heir drin$ing session&A" around112@@P&M&, Vargas, +a#cing, andCando, armed!i"h"!o$ni*esandcarrying a shoulder bag, climbed "he fence of "he fac"ory& 'hey !al$ed on "hegal*ani=edironroof"o!ards"heo"herbuilding& Dnebyone, "heysli##ed"hroughanarro!!indo!a""hesideof"hebuilding& 'he"rio#roceeded"o"he*ic"im(sroom,!hich !as ligh"ed by a fuorescen" lam#& Cando #ic$ed a #iece of lead #i#e and "oldVargas"o#ull o#en"hedoor !here"he*ic"im(smos1ui"one" !asa""ached& 9henVargas #ulled o#en "he door, "he mos1ui"o ne" sna##ed and Cando s"ruc$ "he *ic"im on"he head !i"h "he lead #i#e& 'he *ic"im a!a$ened and Cando demanded money fromhim& 9hen "he *ic"im re#lied "ha" he had no money, Cando s"ruc$ himagain !i"h "helead #i#e& :lood oo=ed from "he *ic"im(s head& A" around E2@@ A&M&, Mrs& Corma Chu, "hefac"ory o!ner, disco*ered "he dead body of Buis +emoria"a& 'he fac"ory *an !as alsomissing& A hys"erical Mrs& Chu called "he :arangay Ca#"ain, !ho in "urn re#or"ed "heinciden" "o "he #olice&R)lin*% 'here is "reachery !hen "he oFender commi"s any of "he crimes agains" "he #erson, em#loying means, me"hods, or forms in "he e/ecu"ion "hereof !hich "end direc"ly and s#ecially "o insure i"s e/ecu"ion, !i"hou" ris$ "o himself arising from "he defense !hich "he oFended #ar"y migh" ma$e& 'he condi"ions !hich mus" concur before"reachery can be a##recia"ed are2 3a4 "he em#loymen" of means of e/ecu"ion "ha" gi*es "he #erson a""ac$ed no o##or"uni"y "o defend himself or "o re"alia"eG and 3b4 "ha" said means of e/ecu"ion be delibera"ely and consciously ado#"ed& 'he essence of "reachery lies in "he ado#"ion of !ays "ha" minimi=e or neu"rali=e any resis"ance !hich may be #u"u# by "he oFended #ar"y& 'he $illing of "he slee#ing *ic"im herein !as a""ended by "reachery since he !as in no #osi"ion "o fee or defend himself&'he #resence of "reachery, "hough, should no" resul" in 1ualifying "he oFense "o murder,for "he correc" rule is "ha" !hen i" ob"ains in "he s#ecial com#le/ crime of robbery !i"h homicide, such "reachery is "o be regarded as a generic aggra*a"ing circums"ance, robbery !i"h homicide being a case of a com#osi"e crime !i"h i"s o!n de.ni"ion and s#ecial #enal"y in "he +e*ised Penal Code