THE PEOPLE OP THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs.

AGUSTIN MANGULABNAN alias

GUINITA, DIONISIO SARMIENTO, ARCADIO BALMEO, PATRICIO GONZALES, FLORENTINO
FLORES, CRISPIN ESTRELLA, FELIPE CALISON, PEDRO VILLAREAL, CLAUDIO REYES, "PETER DOE"
and "JOHN DOE" defendants, AGUSTIN MANGULABNAN appellant.
No. L-8919 September 28, 1956
Introduction: APPEAL from a judgment of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija.
Parties:
Factual Background: At about 11pm, Mangulabnan et. al, armed with kitchen knife and gun,
entered and broke through the dwelling of Pacson family to rob. In the course of the robbery,
Monica del Mundo, a resident therein, ended up injured after being strucked by the butt of the
gun on the face and after warding off a blow to protect a child. Then, one of the unidentified
intruder fired his gun upwards not knowing that Vicente Pacson is hiding in the ceiling. He was
hit by the slug that passed through and was killed.
Legal Antecedents: CFI found the defendants guilty of robbery with homicide.
Legal Issue/s and Discussion: W/N the crime committed is robbery with homicide.
Yes. Art. 294, par. 1, of the Revised Penal Code provides, according to its English text, that the
crime is robbery with homicide "when by reason or on occasion of the robbery the crime of
homicide shall have been committed.", but this is a poor translation. The Spanish text of the
same provision reads, as follows: "Cuando con motivo o con ocasion del robo resultare
homicidio." Therefore, In order to determine the existence of the crime of robbery with
homicide, it is enough that a homicide would result by reason or on the occasion of the robbery
and it is immaterial that the death would supervene by mere accident provided that the
homicide be produced by reason or on occasion of the robbery inasmuch as it is only the result
obtained, without reference or distinction as to the circumstances, causes, modes or persons
intervening in the commission of the crime, that has to be taken into consideration.