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PEOPLE Vs. Henry Salveron

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HENRY SALVERON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 102079 | 1993-11-22

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

To better understand the antecedents of this case, we go back to May 22, 1981, when Gloria de Felipe was allegedly robbed and raped by Raul Salveron, Jesus Dalida, Mauricio Dumangas and several other unidentified persons.

During their trial in 1982, Raul Salveron was shot to death inside a bus by a passenger who escaped and has not been arrested to date. A few weeks later, Jesus Dalida was killed in his house under mysterious circumstances that have yet to be unraveled. Mauricio Dumangas was luckier: he too was attacked with apparent intent to kill but survived to accuse his attackers.

They were, according to...