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PEOPLE vs. Modesto Mesias, Jr., et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MODESTO MESIAS, JR., PORFERIO MESIAS and NICOLAS BILOG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-40318-20 G.R. No. L-40318-20 G.R. No. L-40318-20 | 1984-02-28

D E C I S I O N


CONCEPCION, JR., J.:

Appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, Branch VI, imposing upon each of the accused Modesto Mesias, Jr., Porferio Mesias and Nicolas Bilog three penalties of reclusion perpetua for the crime of rape committed against Leonida Manuel and ordering them to jointly and severally indemnify the victim in the sum of P15,000.00 and to proportionately pay the costs.

The accused Modesto Mesias, Jr., Porferio Mesias and Nicolas Bilog were charged with the crime of rape in three informations filed by the Assistant Provincial Fiscal of Pangasinan by virtue of a complaint signed by...