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During a store hold-up at a hardware shop, the accused, armed with a pistol, forcibly takes PHP 45,000 from the cash register and shoots the shop owner, who dies from the injuries. The information filed charges two offenses arising from the same incident: (a) robbery with violence against a person, and (b) homicide. The acts occur in one continuous transaction. Questions: (a) Identify the central doctrine governing whether the information is proper or duplicitous; (b) Determine whether the information as framed is duplicitous and explain why or why not; (c) If the information is duplicitous, state the proper remedy and the correct single offense that should be charged given the facts.