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People of the Philippines Vs. SPO1 Arnulfo A Aure, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus SPO1 ARNULFO A. AURE and SPO1 MARLON H. FEROL, Accused-Appeellants.

G.R. No. 180451 | 2008-10-17

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

For review is the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01127, dated 29 July 2005, affirming in toto the Decision,[2] dated 5 December 2000, of the Caloocan City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 127, in Criminal Cases No. C-58617 and No. C-58693, finding accused-appellants Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Arnulfo A. Aure and SPO1 Marlon H. Ferol guilty of rape, and imposing upon them the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

The records of the case bear the following facts:

On 20 January 2000, two separate informations[3] for rape were filed with the RTC charging appellants of rape,...