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People of the Philippines Vs. Jessie Maliao y Masakit, Norberto Chiong y Discotido and Luciano Bohol y Gamana, Jessie Maliao y Masakit(Accused-Appeellant)

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JESSIE MALIAO y MASAKIT, NORBERTO CHIONG y DISCOTIDO and LUCIANO BOHOL y GAMANA, Accused, JESSIE MALIAO y MASAKIT, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 178058 | 2009-07-31

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

For automatic review before this Court is the Decision[1] dated August 2, 2006 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CR.-H.C. No. 01299 affirming with modification the Decision[2] dated January 29, 2003 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Olongapo City, Branch 75. The trial court had found accused Norberto Chiong, Luciano Bohol, and accused-appellant Jessie Maliao guilty beyond reasonable doubt as principals of the crime of rape with homicide.

In a Second Amended Information[3] dated April 28, 1998, Jessie Maliao, Norberto Chiong, and Luciano Bohol were charged of the crime of rape with homicide before the RTC of...