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2003-06-23 |
QUISUMBING, J. |
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| That treachery attended the killing of Leonil Jimenez, qualifying the crime to murder, as alleged in the information and found by the trial court, deserves our concurrence also. Records show that Leonil was only 12 years old at the time he was killed.[57] We have stated that the killing of minor children who, because of their tender age, could not be expected to put up a defense, is considered attended with treachery even if the manner of attack is not shown.[58] In People v. Ganohon[59] we deemed as attended with treachery the killing of a 12-year-old child. Similarly, in People v. Abuyen,[60] we ruled that the killing of a 13-year-old child is, in itself, treacherous. In both cases, we qualified the killings as murder. In this particular case, treachery indubitably qualified the killing of Leonil Jimenez, a 12-year-old child, as murder. | |||||
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2003-02-19 |
AZCUNA, J. |
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| Circumstantial evidence sufficient for conviction requires that: (a) There is more than one circumstance; (b) the facts from which the inferences have been derived are proven; and (c) the combination of all the circumstances is such that it produces a conviction beyond reasonable doubt.[28] | |||||