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PEOPLE vs. Ramon Caparas Jr., et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RAMON CAPARAS JR. y TEMPORAS a.k.a. "JUN PUSA" and JOSE SANTOS y JORDAN a.k.a. JUN BALBON a.k.a. "JUN NARCOM", accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 121811-12 | 1998-05-14

D E C I S I O N

MELO, J:

Under review is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of the Third Judicial Region (Branch 25, Cabanatuan City) convicting accused-appellants Ramon Caparas, Jr. y Temporas and Jose Santos y Jordan of the crime of rape with homicide and imposing on them the extreme penalty of death. Inexplicably, the State Prosecutor who handled the case below filed two almost identical informations with the only variance that Caparas was named first in one, while Santos was mentioned earlier in the other, for one single complex crime committed on the same day. We quote the first information, to wit:

That on or about January...