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    The accused shot and killed one passenger on a plane flight and then shot and killed the pilot when he refused to change the plane's route. The Court held that the accused committed two separate crimes rather than one complex crime of coercion with murder. The accused could have killed the pilot without forcing a change in route. Coercion was not essential to the murder, so the crimes were separate events that could not constitute a complex crime.

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    The accused shot and killed one passenger on a plane flight and then shot and killed the pilot when he refused to change the plane's route. The Court held that the accused committed two separate crimes rather than one complex crime of coercion with murder. The accused could have killed the pilot without forcing a change in route. Coercion was not essential to the murder, so the crimes were separate events that could not constitute a complex crime.

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    The accused shot and killed one passenger on a plane flight and then shot and killed the pilot when he refused to change the plane's route. The Court held that the accused committed two separate crimes rather than one complex crime of coercion with murder. The accused could have killed the pilot without forcing a change in route. Coercion was not essential to the murder, so the crimes were separate events that could not constitute a complex crime.

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    The accused shot and killed one passenger on a plane flight and then shot and killed the pilot when he refused to change the plane's route. The Court held that the accused committed two separate crimes rather than one complex crime of coercion with murder. The accused could have killed the pilot without forcing a change in route. Coercion was not essential to the murder, so the crimes were separate events that could not constitute a complex crime.

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    People vs.

    Ang Cho Kio


    July 29, 1954
    Paul, J.
    Facts:
    (The case is an appeal by the Attorney-General regarding the
    accuseds penalty because in the first case, he was sentenced to
    reclusion temporal, while the Attorney-General says that it
    should be reclusion perpetua. The Court held that it cant
    because it constitutes double jeopardy. Pero hindi to yung point
    eh hehe)
    First case: The above-named accused was a passenger of PAL
    plane PI-C-38 enroute to Appari from Laoag. While flying over
    Mountain Province and armed with .38 and .45 caliber pistols, the
    accused, then and there willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously shot
    Eduardo Diego.
    Second case: He also willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, and
    without authority of law, compelled Pedro Perlas, the pilot of the
    plane, against his will and consent, to change the route and take
    the accused to Amoy instead. When Pedro refused, he shot the
    guy as well
    For the second case, the Attorney-General contends that it
    should be the complex crime of grave coercion with murder.
    Issue: WoN accused is guilty of the complex crime of grave coercion
    with murder
    Held: No.
    Court held that the defendant executed two separate events, not
    one; therefore, it could not constitute the complex crime of
    coercion with murder.
    The defendant could have killed Pedro Perlas without forcing him
    to change the direction of the airplane. Coercion was not
    essential to commit the murder. (In fact, by killing the pilot, the
    defendant was not able to pursue his desire to go to Amoy.)
    *note, Art. 123 does not apply because its a plane.
    But the principle behind is that the Court in this case clarifies that
    coercion (seizing of the vessel) by the accused was treated as a
    separate crime from murder and thus could not be qualified as a
    complex crime (or in our case, qualified piracy)

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