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Facts: A, masked man, enters a cinema after closing with a pistol and robs the cash vault. During the robbery, he fires a shot that kills a staff member and wounds another patron; he escapes with cash. He is charged with robbery, murder, and physical injuries. (a) Does one act qualify as a special complex crime under the doctrine of special complex or composite crimes? If yes, identify the complex formed. (b) What is the proper penalty when a complex crime is involved? (c) How should the court treat the separate offenses charged under these facts?

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No; the act cannot form a complex crime because one act can only produce a single offense in this context. Yes; the complex formed is robbery with physical injuries; death is not treated as murder in the complex; the penalty would be that for the greater offense among robbery and injuries. Yes; the complex formed is murder with robbery; the penalty is the maximum penalty among the two and the other is absorbed. Yes; the complex formed is robbery with murder; the penalty to be imposed is the penalty for murder, with robbery absorbed; the offense is punished as a single complex crime.

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