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People V Mejeca

The appellants were charged with robbery with homicide for robbing and shooting the victim at her pawnshop. They were sentenced to death due to the aggravating circumstance of using an unlicensed firearm. However, this circumstance was not alleged in the information. The court held that the appellants' right to be informed was violated because a circumstance qualifying for capital punishment must be specifically alleged in the information. Failing to do so violates the accused's right to know the nature and cause of the accusation against them.

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People V Mejeca

The appellants were charged with robbery with homicide for robbing and shooting the victim at her pawnshop. They were sentenced to death due to the aggravating circumstance of using an unlicensed firearm. However, this circumstance was not alleged in the information. The court held that the appellants' right to be informed was violated because a circumstance qualifying for capital punishment must be specifically alleged in the information. Failing to do so violates the accused's right to know the nature and cause of the accusation against them.

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Article III. Section 14. Right to be informed.

PEOPLE V MEJECA - G.R.146425

FACTS: Appellant-appellants were charged of Robbery with Homicide. They


robbed a pawnshop owned by the victim whom they shot as she tried to flee from
her shop. The penalty imposed on the appellants was death due to the qualifying
circumstance of use of unlicensed firearms. Appellants aver that this would violate
his right to be informed of the nature and accuse of the accusation against him
since this circumstance was not alleged properly in the information.

ISSUES: W/N the right to be informed was violated.

HELD: Yes

1. Inasmuch as the use of an unlicensed firearm is now considered as a special


aggravating circumstance which would merit the imposition of the supreme
penalty of death, the same must be specifically alleged in the information.



2. The use of an unlicensed firearm in the commission of murder or homicide is a


qualifying circumstance. Following the well established rules pertinent to
this issue, the imposition of capital punishment on accusedappellant is
improper absent the express allegation of such qualifying circumstance,
otherwise it would violate his right to be informed of the nature and cause
of the accusation against him. 


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