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PEOPLE vs. Renato Marquez, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RENATO MARQUEZ, defendants, FRANCISCO FORNESTE and SAMUEL JACOBO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-32860 G.R. No. L-32860 | 1982-09-30

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Renato Marquez, Francisco Forneste and Samuel Jacobo were charged with the crime of robbery with multiple rape before the Court of First Instance of Quezon, Ninth Judicial District, Branch III in an amended information filed on June 3, 1964.

In the course of the proceedings in the lower court, Renato Marquez died. Pursuant to the lower court's order dated October 1, 1968, Renato Marquez was dropped as defendant, and the case as against him, dismissed.

After trial, the lower court found Francisco Forneste and Samuel Jacobo guilty of the crime of robbery with rape as defined under Article 294,...