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2000-04-12 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| Although appellant did not raise the qualifying circumstance of treachery as an issue, we find it proper to mention at this point that the trial court did not err when it ruled that such circumstance attended the killing of Renato Lumague. As shown above, appellant shot the victim while delivering a speech during a political rally. The act was so swift that the victim did not have the opportunity to defend himself. Such swift and unexpected attack on an unarmed victim, without the slightest provocation on the part of the latter,[52] is the essence of treachery. | |||||