Practice question
A killing follows a proved robbery, but the prosecution offers no evidence of the alleged connection and asks the court to infer it solely because both occurred in the same month. Which is correct?
- The required by-reason-or-on-occasion connection still needs proof
- Any same-month killing automatically becomes the composite offense
- Timing alone supplies all elements
- The composite label eliminates evidentiary burdens
- Every unrelated death is absorbed automatically
Legal references
- People v Esugon GR195244 June22,2015 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jun2015/gr_195244_2015.html
- People v Balanag GR103225 September15,1994 MAIN, different robbery and homicide victims: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1994/sep1994/gr_103225_1994.html
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