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People Vs Rolly Samson Adriano 763 SCRA 70, GR 205228 (July 15, 2015)
People Vs Rolly Samson Adriano 763 SCRA 70, GR 205228 (July 15, 2015)
G.R. No. 205228. July 15, 2015.*
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs.
ROLLY ADRIANO y SAMSON, LEAN ADRIANO @ DEN-
DEN, ABBA SANTIAGO y ADRIANO, JOHN DOE and
PETER DOE, accused,
ROLLY ADRIANO y SAMSON, accused-appellant.
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* FIRST DIVISION.
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PEREZ, J.:
This is an appeal of the Decision1 of the Court of Appeals
dated 30 May 2011 in C.A.-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 04028, which
affirmed the Decision2 of the Regional Trial Court dated 7
April 2009, convicting accused-appellant Rolly Adriano y
Santos (Adriano) for the crime of Homicide (Crim. Case No.
13159-07) for the killing of Ofelia Bulanan (Bulanan) and
for the crime of Murder (Crim. Case No. 13160-07) for the
killing of Danilo Cabiedes (Cabiedes) in “People of the
Philippines v. Rolly Adriano y Sales.”
Adriano was charged with two (2) counts of Murder. The
two (2) sets of Information read:
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7 Id.
8 Id., at pp. 271-272.
9 Exhibit “W,” id., at p. 157.
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10 Id., at p. 277.
11 Id.
12 Id., at pp. 277-278.
13 Memorandum for the Accused; id., at p. 232.
14 Id., at pp. 294-295.
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15 Exhibits “O,” “P,” “Q,” and “R,” respectively, Records, pp. 149-152.
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On appeal to the Court of Appeals, Adriano alleged that
the RTC erred when it failed to appreciate his defense of
alibi, as well as the testimonies of the other defense’s
witnesses. Adriano contended that the RTC erred when it
gave credence to the testimony of the prosecution witnesses
which are inconsistent and contradictory. In detail,
Adriano referred to the following particulars: 1) whether
the culprits started shooting when the victim’s vehicle was
still in motion; 2) which side of the vehicle did the shooters
alight from; 3) the identity of the culprit who triggered the
fatal shot; 4) whether the trip of PO1 Garabiles and PO2
Santos going to Camp Olivas, Pampanga was official
business; 5) the precise distance of the
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Our Ruling
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19 People v. Obosa, 388 Phil. 445, 461; 332 SCRA 643, 659 (2000).
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20 People v. Dolorido, 654 Phil. 467, 476; 639 SCRA 496, 505 (2011),
citing People v. Reyes, 350 Phil. 683, 693; 287 SCRA 229, 238 (1998).
21 Id., at pp. 476-477; p. 238, citing People v. Escote, Jr., 448 Phil. 749,
786; 400 SCRA 603, 632-633 (2003).
22 People v. Padlan, 352 Phil. 991, 1010; 290 SCRA 388, 404 (1998).
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Death of Bulanan
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As regards the crime(s) committed, we reiterate our
ruling in People v. Nelmida.27 In the aforesaid case, we
ruled that accused-appellants should be convicted not of a
complex crime but of separate crimes of two counts of
murder and seven counts of attempted murder as the
killing and wounding of the victims were not the result of a
single act but of several acts.28 The doctrine in Nelmida
here is apt and applicable.
In Nelmida, we distinguished the two kinds of complex
crime: compound crime, when a single act constitutes two
or more grave or less grave felonies, and complex crime
proper, when an offense is a necessary means for
committing the other. Moreover, we also made a distinction
that “when various victims expire from separate shots,
such acts constitute separate and distinct crimes,”29 not a
complex crime.
As borne by the records, the Nueva Ecija Provincial
Crime Laboratory Office recovered six (6) cartridges of
bullets from a .45 caliber firearm. This does not indicate
discharge by a single burst. Rather, separate shots are
evidenced. One or more of which, though fired to kill
Cabiedes, killed Bulanan
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26 People v. Herrera, supra note 24, citing People v. Ural, 155 Phil.
116, 123; 56 SCRA 138, 144 (1974).
27 G.R. No. 184500, 11 September 2012, 680 SCRA 386.
28 Id., at p. 427.
29 Id., citing People v. Gaffud, Jr., 587 Phil. 521, 534; 566 SCRA 76, 88
(2008); People v. Orias, 636 Phil. 427, 447; 622 SCRA 417, 435 (2010).
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