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Alonte vs. Savellano Jr. 287 SCRA 245

BAYANI M. ALONTE, PETITIONER, VS. HON. MAXIMO A. SAVELLANO JR., NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS. BUENAVENTURA CONCEPCION, PETITIONER, VS. JUDGE MAXIMO SAVELLANO, JR., THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND JUVIELYN Y. PUNONGBAYAN, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 131652 and G.R. No. 131728 | 1998-03-09

D E C I S I O N
 
VITUG, J.:
 
Pending before this Court are two separate petitions, one filed by petitioner Bayani M. Alonte, docketed G.R. No. 131652, and the other by petitioner Buenaventura Concepcion, docketed G.R. No. 131728, that assail the decision of respondent Judge Maximo A. Savellano, Jr., of the Regional Trial Court ("RTC"), Branch 53, of Manila finding both petitioners guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape. The two petitions were consolidated.
 
On 05 December 1996, an information for rape was filed against petitioners Bayani M. Alonte, an incumbent Mayor of Biñan, Laguna, and...