Practice question
If a victim is first killed and the house is then burned to conceal that completed killing, what does the Malngan framework identify?
- Automatic absorption of every prior killing into every later fire.
- Only arson, regardless of the distinct prior killing.
- Separate homicide or murder, as applicable, and arson.
- No crime because concealment was intended.
- A mandatory rebellion charge.
Legal references
- People v. Malngan, G.R. No. 170470, September 26, 2006, en banc main decision, arson and resulting death: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/43138
- People v. Sota, G.R. No. 203121, November 29, 2017, main decision, reaffirming objective-based arson/killing classification: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2017/nov2017/gr_203121_2017.html
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