People v. Villaflores
People v. Villaflores
People v. Villaflores
JUDGMENT:
NO. Conviction sustained. Accused is guilty of rape
with homicide.
RATIO:
The felony of rape with homicide is a composite
crime. A composite crime is also known as a special
complex crime and is composed of two or more
crimes that the law treats as a single and indivisible
and unique offense for being the product of a single
criminal impulse. It is a specific crime with a specific
penalty provided by law and differs from a compound
or complex crime under Article 48 of the RPC. (Art. 48
Provides – PENALTY FOR COMPLEX CRIMES – When a
single act constitutes two or more grave or less grave
felonies, or when an offense is a necessary means for