Hultman–Chapman murder case
Decided 6 October 1995 | |
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Ponente Reynato Puno | |
G.R. Nos. 111206-08 | |
Unanimous Regalado, Mendoza and Francisco, JJ., concur; Narvasa, C.J., was on leave.[1] |
The Hultman–Chapman murder case (formally People of the Philippines vs. Claudio Teehankee Jr.) was a murder case that gained wide publicity in the
Crime and arrest
Court records show that Roland John Chapman, Maureen Hultman, and another friend, Jussi Olavi Leino, were coming home from a party at around three o'clock in the morning of 13 July 1991. Leino was walking Hultman home along Mahogany street in Dasmariñas Village, Makati when Teehankee came up behind them in his car. He stopped the two and demanded that they show some identification. Leino took out his wallet and showed Teehankee his Asian Development Bank ID. Teehankee grabbed the wallet. Chapman, who was waiting in a car for Leino, stepped in and asked Teehankee: "Why are you bothering us?" Teehankee drew out his gun and shot Chapman in the chest, killing him instantly. After a few minutes, Teehankee shot Leino, hitting him in the jaw. Then he shot Hultman on the temple before driving away. Leino survived and Hultman died two months later in hospital due to brain hemorrhages caused by the bullet fragments. Teehankee was arrested several days later on the testimony of several witnesses. The witnesses were Domingo Florence and Agripino Cadenas, private security guards, and Vincent Mangubat, a driver, all three being employs of residents of the village.
Trial and sentence
The Supreme Court of the Philippines, on 6 March 1992, dismissed Teehankee Jr.'s certiorari petition to annul the trial court's admission of the amended information, the arraignment and appointment of PAO lawyer as counsel de oficio of Teehankee Jr., inter alia.[2] On 22 December 1992, Judge Job B. Madayag, Makati Regional Trial Court, Branch 145, convicted Teehankee Jr.[3] The Supreme Court of the Philippines on 6 October 1995, modified the trial court's decision and found Teehankee Jr. guilty of the crimes of murder, homicide and attempted murder, for which, he was meted out 3 sentences, respectively, reclusión perpetua (defined effectively as 30 years by the Revised Penal Code) and 2 indeterminate sentences of reclusion temporal, each for 8 years and 1 day to 14 years (now, as finally amended by the Supreme Court in 1995). Under Article 70 of the Revised Penal Code, the maximum combined sentences can exceed 40 years.[4]
Damages assessed
Teehankee Jr. was ordered to pay civil indemnity: in Criminal Case No. 91-4605, 50,000.00 Philippine Pesos as indemnity for the Chapman's death; 1,000,000.00 Pesos as moral damages; in Criminal Case No. 91-4606, 50,000.00 Pesos as indemnity for Maureen Navarro Hultman's death; 2,350,461.83 Pesos as actual damages; 564,042.57 Pesos for loss of earning capacity; 1,000,000.00 Pesos as moral damages; and 2,000,000.00 Pesos as exemplary damages; in Criminal Case No. 91-4807, 30,000.00 Pesos as indemnity for Jussi Olavi Leino's injuries; 118,369.84 Pesos and equivalent in Philippine Pesos of U.S.$55,600.00, both as actual damages; 1,000,000.00 Pesos as moral damages; and 2,000,000.00 Pesos as exemplary damages; In all 3 cases, to pay each of 3 offended parties the sum of 1,000,000.00 Pesos for attorney's fees and expenses of litigation.[5]
Restoration of death penalty
The killings of Chapman and Hultman, together with other notable heinous crimes such as the murder of Eldon Maguan and the
Imprisonment
"Bobbins" or Claudio Jr. started serving the sentence on 24 June 1991, by virtue of his preventive detention at the
Presidential clemency
On 6 October 2008,
Appeal
On 15 October 2008, attorney Ernesto Francisco, for Maureen Hultman, Roland John Chapman, and Jussi Olavi Leino, filed a 62-page
References
- ^ Bordadora, Norman; Arlyn dela Cruz (7 October 2008). "CHAPMAN-HULTMAN KILLER Teehankee released in dead of night". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
- ^ lawphil.net, G.R. No. 103102 March 6, 1992, CLAUDIO J. TEEHANKEE, JR. vs. HON. JOB B. MADAYAG and PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES
- ^ PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. CLAUDIO TEEHANKEE, JR., G. R. Nos. 111206-08, October 6, 1995, Reynato Puno Archived 9 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Manila Times (5 March 2006). "Prisoner Teehankee stabbed by inmate". Archived from the original on 4 March 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2006.
- ^ chanrobles.com, PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. CLAUDIO TEEHANKEE, JR., G. R. Nos. 111206-08, October 6, 1995, Reynato Puno
- ^ Nalzaro, Bobby (3 December 2005). "Nalzaro: Death penalty". Sun.Star Cebu. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ [Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 October 2008, page A8, "SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT]
- ^ gmanews.tv, Shadowy group defends Teehankee release in newspaper ads
- ^ newsinfo.inquirer.net, Hypocrites, Gonzalez calls Hultmans Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Torres, Tetch (6 October 2008). "DoJ chief: Claudio Teehankee free". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
- ^ newsinfo.inquirer.net, CHAPMAN-HULTMAN KILLER, Teehankee released in dead of night Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ forbes.com, PRESS DIGEST – Philippine newspapers – Oct 7
- ^ gmanews.tv/story, Gonzalez: SC unlikely to veto grant of executive clemency to Teehankee
- ^ gmanews.tv/story, Hultman lawyer asks SC to annul Teehankee clemency
- ^ supremecourt.gov.ph, S.C. Resolution, Oct. 21, 2008, G.R. No. 184679, Francisco v. DOJ[permanent dead link]