People v.

Legazpi, 246 SCRA 206 (1995)

RTC: Accused are guilty of robbery with double homicide FACTS: Gene Abaren owned a passenger jeep driven by his son with Ariel Homa. Appellants were passengers Ronaldo didnt go home. San Jose city police found the jeep chased it gunshot came from a vehicle with was eventually stopped by road block. Torres and Palacio were placed under arrest Bodies of Ronaldo and Ariel were found in Kaloocan. Appellants: Denied charges; Legaspi: He was deprived of his constitutional rights during custodial investigation; Pamela: Questioned his conviction of robbery with double homicide Palacio and Torres withdrew their appeal: they admitted conspiring to carnap the jeep. It was Rodriguez and Paela who decided to kill Ronaldo and Ariel. They exculpated Legaspi and Taruc who they just meet. SC: We see no reason to depart from trial court; circumstantial evidence is sufficient; 1. Recovery of daggers and 2. 2 possession of Ronaldos drivers license : Trial court did not consider any evidence taken during custodial investigation. : They were wrongly convicted of complex crime of robbery with double homicide : Their conviction can only be limited to the crime alleged or necessarily in the allegations in the separate info. What controls is the description of offense, as alleged in the info. HELD: affirmed with modification : Guilty of double murder reclusion perpetua RA 6539 This crime was complex without affording defendants information because there were 2 separate information.