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PEOPLE vs. Rogelio Soriano, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO SORIANO, NARCISO MARIGMEN, alias Sosing and Jersey, JOHN DOE and PETER DOE, defendants. ROGELIO SORIANO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32244 | 1983-06-24

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Rogelio Soriano appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Mindoro, San Jose Branch, finding him and Narciso Marigmen guilty of robbery with rape, sentencing them to reclusion perpetua and ordering them to pay solidarily to Felix Bentibano the sum of P375 and to Elma Lachica, the rape victim, an indemnity of P500 and the costs. Marigmen did not appeal (Criminal Case No. R-99).

The evidence of the prosecution shows that at around midnight of Sunday, June 15, 1969, in Sitio D-6, Barrio Central, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, while the spouses Felix entered their humble abode. They...