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People of the Philippines Vs. Bartolome Tampus and Ida Monresclaros

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus BARTOLOME TAMPUS[1] and IDA MONTESCLAROS, Defendants. IDA MONTESCLAROS, Appeellant.

G.R. No. 181084 | 2009-06-16

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, C.J.:

On appeal is the decision[2] of the Court of Appeals, Visayas Station, dated September 29, 2006 in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 00215. The Court of Appeals affirmed, with modification, the decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Lapu-lapu City in Criminal Case No. 013324-L, finding appellant Ida Montesclaros (Ida) guilty as an accomplice in the commission of rape.

The present appeal stems from two criminal cases: (1) Criminal Case No. 013324-L charging Bartolome Tampus (Tampus) and Ida as conspirators in the rape of ABC[4] on April 1, 1995 at 4:30 p.m.; and (2) Criminal Case No. 013325-L charging Tampus of raping...