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    The Sandiganbayan case involved multiple murder charges filed against Panfilo Lacson and other police officers for their alleged involvement in the killing of alleged gang members. The accused argued the case fell under regional trial court jurisdiction. The Supreme Court agreed, finding that while the accused were police officers, the amended information did not specifically allege that the shooting was intimately related to the discharge of their official duties, nor did it establish the exact offense committed in relation to their office. As such, the offense was considered plain murder under regional trial court jurisdiction rather than an offense committed in relation to their office under Sandiganbayan jurisdiction.

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    The Sandiganbayan case involved multiple murder charges filed against Panfilo Lacson and other police officers for their alleged involvement in the killing of alleged gang members. The accused argued the case fell under regional trial court jurisdiction. The Supreme Court agreed, finding that while the accused were police officers, the amended information did not specifically allege that the shooting was intimately related to the discharge of their official duties, nor did it establish the exact offense committed in relation to their office. As such, the offense was considered plain murder under regional trial court jurisdiction rather than an offense committed in relation to their office under Sandiganbayan jurisdiction.

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    The Sandiganbayan case involved multiple murder charges filed against Panfilo Lacson and other police officers for their alleged involvement in the killing of alleged gang members. The accused argued the case fell under regional trial court jurisdiction. The Supreme Court agreed, finding that while the accused were police officers, the amended information did not specifically allege that the shooting was intimately related to the discharge of their official duties, nor did it establish the exact offense committed in relation to their office. As such, the offense was considered plain murder under regional trial court jurisdiction rather than an offense committed in relation to their office under Sandiganbayan jurisdiction.

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    Lacson vs.

    Executive Secretary
    GR No. 128096
    20 January 1999
    FACTS
    On May 18, 1995, alleged members of the Kuratong Baleleng gang, reportedly an organized syndicate which had
    been involved in a spate of bank robberies in Metro Manila, were slain in Quezon City by elements of the Anti-Bank
    Robbery and Intelligence Task Group (ABRITG). The incident was sensationalized as a rub out, thus implicating
    Panfilo Lacson, the then PNP Chief, among others, as the ones responsible. They were accused of multiple murders
    filed before the Sandiganbayan. They averred that the case falls under the jurisprudence of the Regional Trial Court
    pursuant to Sec. 2 of RA 7975 (An Act to Strengthen the Functional and Structural Organization of the
    Sandiganbayan, Amending For that Purpose Presidential Decree 1606, As Amended), which limited the jurisdiction of
    the Sandiganbayan to cases where one or more of the "principal accused" are government officials with Salary Grade
    27 or higher, or PNP officials with the rank of Chief Superintendent or higher. The highest ranking of the accused in
    the information is only a Chief inspector, and none has the equivalent of at least SG 27.
    ISSUE
    Whether the case falls within the Sandiganbayan's jurisdiction
    HELD
    No.
    In People vs. Montejo, it was held that an offense is said to have been committed in relation to one's office if it (the
    offense) is intimately connected with the office of the offender and that it was perpetrated while in the performance of
    his official functions. Such intimate relation must be alleged in the information. Upon examination of the amended
    information, there was no specific allegation of facts that the shooting of the victim by the principal accused was
    intimately related to the discharge of their official duties as police officers. Further, there was no indication from the
    amended information that the said accused arrested, investigated, and further killed the victims while in custody. It
    was not established the exact offense which the accused is alleged to have committed in relation to his office.
    For failure to show in the amended information that the charge of murder was intimately connected with the discharge
    of their official functions, the offense charged against the accused officers is plain murder, and therefore, within the
    exclusive jurisdiction of the RTC.

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