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PEOPLE vs. Cesar Ludovice, et al.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CESAR LUDOVICE, MANUEL LUDOVICE, AND RODOLFO LOBRIANO, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. L-34986 | 1984-03-23

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the defunct Court of First Instance of Albay in Criminal Case No. 4572 where the appellants - CESAR LUDOVICE, MANUEL LUDOVICE and RODOLFO LOBRIANO - were accused of robbery with rape but were found guilty of rape only because of insufficient evidence in respect of the robbery.
The judgment of the trial court reads as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the three accused, CESAR LUDOVICE, MANUEL LUDOVICE and RODOLFO LOBRIANO alias "Rudy" guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape as defined and punished under Art. 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended by...