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PEOPLE vs. Ernesto Bernal, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO BERNAL alias "LOLOY BERNAL", ARTEMIO BERNAL, NICOL JIMENEZ and ROSENDO EMOC (at large) defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-30483 | 1984-07-31

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

The charge against appellants Ernesto Bernal, alias Loloy, Artemio Bernal, Rosendo Emoc and Nicol Jimenez is serious illegal detention with multiple rape. After due trial, the court a quo found them guilty of the separate crimes of serious illegal detention and rape in its decision, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, with respect to the charge of Serious Illegal Detention, the Court finds the defendants Ernesto Bernal, Nicol Jimenez and Rosendo Emoc guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Serious Illegal Detention aggravated by the use of motor launch and superior strength but...