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PEOPLE Vs. Gregorio T. Madridano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GREGORIO MADRIDANO y TACBAO Alias Tata and RONNIE DAG-ON y LAGHAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 93435 | 1993-10-22

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

They first came to rob, then returned to rape. The robbery is under a different information and court; we do not deal with it here. What concerns us is the alleged rape, or rapes, committed by the herein appellant, who continues to deny them.

There were two of them originally accused and eventually convicted. Notices of appeal were filed on their behalf by Atty. Leo G. Rey of the Public Attorney's Office, Department of Justice, who was told to file their brief. He did not. Required to show cause why he should not be disciplined for his disobedience, he explained that he had filed the notice of appeal without...