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PEOPLE vs. Romeo Maguad, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROMEO MAGUAD Y NICOR, NELSON LLONOR, PETER DOE and JOHNNY DOE, accused, NELSON LLONOR, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116514 | 1998-03-13

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J:

Stands of sugarcane bore mute witness to the rape and subsequent killing of Josephine Pelayo. Unfortunately for the perpetrator, they were not the only witnesses.

For the rape and killing, Romeo Maguad, accused-appellant Nelson Llonor, and two others, identified only as Peter Doe and Johnny Doe, were charged with the complex crime of rape with murder and robbery, in an information filed on August 14, 1991, to wit:

"That on or about the 30th day of July, 1991, in the City of La Carlota, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named four (4) accused being then armed with...