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People Vs. Manuel Baniaga, Et Al.110 Phil. 890

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MANUEL BANIAGA, ET AL., defendants. MANUEL BANIAGA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-14905 | 1961-01-28

D E C I S I O N 


DIZON, J.: 

Brigido Tagubat, Fernando Dalapa, George Crisostomo, Felipe Guntalilib and Manuel Baniaga were charged with the complex crime of robbery with rape in the Court of First Instance of Nueva Vizcaya. Upon arraignment they pleaded not guilty. As during the trial below, Fernando Dalapa and George Crisostomo escaped from the provincial jail where they were detained, the trial proceeded only with respect to (1) Manuel Baniaga, (2) Brigido Tagubat and (3) Felipe Guntalilib, all of whom were subsequently found guilty and sentenced as follows: 

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