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PEOPLE vs Sancho A. Budol, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-Appellee, vs. SANCHO BUDOL y AYENTE and WILFREDO LLAGUNO y BARDIAGO, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-48010 | 1986-07-31

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J:

An appeal from the Decision of the then Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, Branch I, in Criminal Case No. L-1520-I, convicting accused Sancho BUDOL y Ayente, as principal, and Wilfredo Llaguno y Bardiago, as accomplice, of the crime of Rape, BUDOL was sentenced to reclusion perpetua, and Llaguno to an indeterminate prison term.

The prosecution version of the facts follow:

"Complainant Lyneath Poquiz was then a sixteen-year old student at the Mangatarem Catholic School. At about 6:00 o'clock in the afternoon of September 25, 1977 (Sunday), she was on her way home riding a bicycle along Gen. Luna...