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PEOPLE vs. Perfecto C. Alcantara, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PERFECTO ALCANTARA y CARI?O alias QUIRIN and MAURO MEDINA y NINOBLA, accused, MAURO MEDINA y MINORLA, defendant-appellants.

G.R. Nos. L-49693-94 | 1983-12-29

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Two criminal cases were jointly tried by the Court of First Instance of La Union, Branch III: (1) for Forcible Abduction with Rape (Criminal Case No. A-285) against Perfecto ALCANTARA, alias Quirin, and MAURO MEDINA y Ninobla, the APPELLANT in this case, and (2) for Serious Illegal Detention against Perfecto ALCANTARA (Criminal Case No. A-286).

Originally, one Hipolito Abellera was included as an accused in the Forcible Abduction with Rape case. However, the charge against him was dismissed for insufficiency of evidence by the Municipal Court of Aringay, La Union, upon a motion to dismiss filed by...