Complex Crimes

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1. Jervis and Marlon asked their friend, Jonathan, to help them rob a bank.

Jervis
and Marlon went inside the bank but were unable to get any money from the vault
because the same was protected by a time-delay mechanism. They contented
themselves with the customers' cellphones and a total of P5000 in cash. After
they dashed out of the bank and rushed into the car, Jonathan pulled the car out
of the curb, hitting a pedestrian which resulted in the latter's death. (2007)
What crime did Jervis, Marlon and Jonathan commit?
SA: Jervis and Marlon committed robbery while Jonathan committed the special
complex crime of robbery with homicide.
Jervis and Marlon are criminally liable for the robbery only, because that was the crime
conspired upon and actually committed by them, assuming that the taking of the
cellphones and the cash from the bank's customers was efected with intimidation. They
will not incur liability for the death of the pedestrian because they have nothing to do
with it. Only Jonathan will incur liability for the death of the pedestrian, aside from the
robbery, because he brought about such death. Although the death caused was not
intentional but accidental, it shall be a component of the special complex crime of
robbery with homicide because it was committed in the course of the commission of the
robbery.
AA: Jervis, Marlon, and Jonathan committed robbery with homicide because there was
conspiracy among them to commit the robbery and the death of the pedestrian was
caused on the occasion of the robbery. Even though the death was accidental, it is
enough that such death was caused by any of the robbers' felonious act and on the
occasion of the commission of the robbery. (People v. Guiapar [1984])
2. Jaime, Andy, and Jimmy, labourers in the noodles factory of Luke Tan, agreed to kill
him due to his arrogance and miserliness. One afternoon, they seized him and loaded
him in a taxi driven by Mario They told Mario they will only teach

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