People vs Mapalao

PEOPLE VS. MAP MAPALAO ALAO

Facts:

Eleven (11) people rode in a Ford Fiera going to Baguio. Namely they are: Felizardo Galvez,  Jimmy Jetwani, imeon !alama, "ene "ene alonga, Eduardo #opez, $dol%o &uiam'ao, $liman Baraaal, $nwar *ad+iEdri, Gumana-mpa and de%endantappelant in thi ae, -mar /agpalao and "e0 /agumnang. $%ter an hour o% driving, the ar topped o that one o% the paenger ould urinate. hile the ar wa topped the Baraaal, Edri, -mpa, /agpalao and /agumnang pointed gun and nive nive  at the the oth other pa paenge enger r and dive ivete ted d them them o% thei theirr prope opertie tie. -n o% the ro''er then ordered Galvez to drive the ar toward the preipie preipie ('angin). hen the ar wa near the preipie, Galvez then tepped to the 'rae. 2he other paenger  +umped out o% the ar and and went to di3erent di3erent diretion to eape. Galvez Galvez however, wa le%t in ide the ar and wa ta''ed 'y one o% the ro''er. 2he ro''er then eaped. &uiam'ao, who owned the ar helped Galvez to get to a hopital. Galvez died in the hopital. 2he ro''e o''er r wer were then then appr appreh ehen ende ded d with with the the e0e e0ept ptio ion n o% Edri Edri  who who remai emain n at larg large. e. /angumnang however eaped while 'eing in detention and Baraaal died inide the +ail. ine ine /angumna /angumnang ng wa not arrete arreted, d, the trial in a'entia a'entia ontinued ontinued a to him. -mpa, /agpalao, and /agumnang were all held guilty a prinipal 'y diret partiipation o% the rime o% "o''ery with *omiide. Issue:

hether hether or Not the lower lower ourt ourt erred erred in %ailing to applythe applythe !ontitution !ontitutionalma almandat ndate e on the preumption o% innoene and proo% 'eyond reaona'le dou't when it allowed the trial in a'entia to puh through on the part o% de%endantap appellant /agumnang.

Held:

 2he !ourt a4rmed a4rmed the deiion o% the lower ourt. 2he reaon i that the lower ourt ha  +uridition over /agumnang the moment the latter wa in utody. utody. Juridition one a5uired i not lot upon the intane o% partie 'ut until the ae i terminated. ine all the re5uiite o% trial in a'entia are omplete, the ourt ha +uridition over /agumnang. 6n addition, /agumnang wa preumed preumed innoent during hi trial in a'entia. 2he proeution proeution had trong evidene againt him a proo% 'eyond reaona'le dou't that he i a prinipal 'y diret partiipation partiipation in the rime o% "o''ery with *omiide. 2hu, the !ontitutional mandate wa not violated.