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employed.
Basis:
- The basis has reference to the means employed in the commission of the crime
(characterized by intellectual or mental rather than physical means to which the
criminal resorts to carry out his design)
Craft
o The regular driver feigned illness and fetched another driver to drive for the
victim. Upon saying the he was already well, with the co-accused driver in the
vehicle, took over the driver’s seat and shot the victim on board the vehicle.
(People v Zea)
o Four men determined to kill a man in an uninhabited place. They invited the
victim to a journey to a distant mountain on a pretense of finding a mystical
molave tree. The victim was murdered. (US v Gampona)
o Pretending to be bona fide passengers so as not to arouse suspicion on the
deceased driver. (People v Daos)
o Pretending to be constabulary soldiers in able to enter the place of the victims
(People v Saquing)
o The accused dirtied the pants of the offended party and pretended to innocently
brush the dirt off while his confederate grabbed the wallet of the offended party
from behind. (People v Bagtas)
o The defendants asked the offended party to change a P10-bill and thereafter
snatched the latter’s wallet. (People v Mallari)
o Offering unsuspicious chocolate candies to the complainant without knowing
that those contained deleterious drugs. The purpose was to weaken the resistance
of the complainant when the rape is to be commissioned. (People v Guy)
o The accused lured out the victim from his house to be killed (People v Barbosa)
o However, craft is not attendant when the unlawful scheme could have been
carried out just the same without the pretense.
o Where craft partakes the element of an offense, the same may not be
appreciated independently for the purpose of aggravation.
o Craft was not established when coming out from bamboo trees as camouflaging
when they announced their presence at the scene of the crime with shots and
gunshots. (People v Cunanan)
Fraud
Disguise