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PEOPLE Vs. Frankie Arenas, Et Al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANKIE ARENAS, VICTOR HAYAG, NOEL SERRANO, REY FOJAS, ALMARIO BIGALBAL alias MAR and NOLIE PAREJA, accused. ALMARIO BIGALBAL alias MAR, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Beltran, Beltran & Beltran for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 92068 | 1991-06-05

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

Appellant Almario Bigalbal, together with Frankie Arenas, Victor Hayag, Noel Serrano, Rey Fojas and Noli Pareja, was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Cavite, Branch 23 with the crime of rape allegedly committed as follows:

"That on or about the 27th day of January 1989, in the Municipality of Tanza, Province of Cavite, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring and confederating together and mutually helping and assisting each other, while then armed with an icepick, by means of force and intimidation, did, then and there, wilfully,...