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Jan 20, 2006 criminal-law accomplice-liability revised-penal-code reasonable-doubt supreme-court

When Presence Is Not Enough: Understanding Accomplice Liability in Philippine Criminal Law

The Supreme Court clarifies that mere presence or even physical restraint does not make one an accomplice absent community of criminal design.