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PEOPLE vs Noel Darilay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. NOEL DARILAY, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 139751-52 | 2004-01-26

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

The Spouses Pascual and Gemma Arganda were the parents of five children, the eldest of whom was Marilyn who was born on October 24, 1988.[1] The second child, Ailyn, was born on September 14, 1990.[2] The couple and their children resided in Sitio Magrimpong, Sta. Cruz, Tinambac, Camarines Sur.[3] The couple knew the appellant, Noel Darilay, their 15-year-old barriomate because he and his friends frequented their house.

At 7:30 a.m. on April 19, 1997, Hercules Bon was in the house of his uncle at Magrimpong, Sta. Cruz, Tinambac, Camarines Sur. At about 8:00 a.m., his cousin, the appellant, arrived....