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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Ybanez, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. QUINTINO "BOY" YBANEZ, ET AL., defendants, QUINTINO "BOY" YBANEZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-35877 | 1974-12-10

D E C I S I O N

MAKALINTAL, J:

In an information dated February 10, 1967 filed in the Court of First Instance of Agusan del Norte and Butuan City, Quintino "Boy" Ybañez and six others were charged with the complex crime of robbery with homicide and rape * On July 19, 1967 Ybañez was arraigned. With the assistance of counsel de oficio, Atty. Jose R. Villanueva, he pleaded not guilty to the charge. When the case was called for trial on August 21, 1967 the prosecution presented Rufina Lantajo Perol, who testified on the circumstances attending the commission of the crime. It appears, however, that on the same day Ybañez' counsel had moved for...