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PEOPLE vs Ricky Sodsod and Dondon Bernabe

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICKY SODSOD Y LOSITO AND DONDON BERNABE Y BERCASIO, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 141280-81 | 2003-06-16

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision[1] dated September 17, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Legazpi City, Branch 3, convicting appellants Ricky Sodsod y Losito and Dondon Bernabe y Bercasio of rape in Criminal Cases Nos. 7333 and 7334, and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim P50,000 each as indemnity.

On January 5, 1996, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Legazpi City filed two (2) separate criminal informations against the appellants for forcible abduction with rape, defined and penalized under Article 342 in relation to Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code,...