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PEOPLE. Vs. Silvestre Sunpongco, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SILVESTRE SUNPONGCO, HERMINIGILDO SUNPONGCO and ARSENIO CALAYAG, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-42665 | 1988-06-30

D E C I S I O N


CORTES, J.:

Defendants appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan convicting them of the complex crime of forcible abduction with rape. The appeal was elevated by the Court of Appeals to this Tribunal in view of the penalty of life imprisonment imposed by the trial court.

Juanita Angeles is the complainant in this complex crime of forcible abduction with rape. At the time the alleged crime was committed she was 43 years of age, single, a registered pharmacist by profession and a rice merchant doing business in Hagonoy, Bulacan.

In her complaint she pointed to the three accused-appellants...