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May 5, 1997 treachery murder revised-penal-code criminal-law article-248 philippine-supreme-court

Treachery in Philippine Criminal Law: When an Attack Qualifies as Murder

The Supreme Court explains how treachery elevates killings to murder under Article 248 of the Revised Penal Code.