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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGER VAYNACO, RONEO TABONES, ALLAN CAJIPE, AND JUNIOR ONIOT DELIS (At Large), accused. / ROGER VAYNACO, RONEO TABONES, AND ALLAN CAJIPE, accused-appellants.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGER VAYNACO, RONEO TABONES, ALLAN CAJIPE, AND JUNIOR ONIOT DELIS (At Large), accused. / ROGER VAYNACO, RONEO TABONES, AND ALLAN CAJIPE, accused-appellants.

G.R. No. 126286 | 1999-03-22

D E C I S I O N

PARDO, J.:

Can we rely on the sole testimony of a mentally disturbed sixteen year-old girl that seventeen young men successively raped her on two instances from 2:00 p.m. up to 4:00 a.m. the following day?

Now before us is an appeal taken by the accused Roger Vaynaco, Roneo Tabones and Allan Cajipe from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 7, Tacloban City,[2] convicting them of rape committed against May Anne Gabrito and sentencing each of them to three penalties of reclusion perpetua; to pay jointly and severally to May Anne Gabrito the sum of P150,000.00, for moral damages plus costs, without subsidiary...