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PEOPLE vs Benido Alcartado and Rodolfo Alcartado

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENIDO ALCARTADO and RODOLFO ALCARTADO, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 132379-82 | 2000-06-29

D E C I S I O N


DE LEON, JR., J.:

Before us on automatic review is the Decision1 [Penned by Judge Benjamin A. Boñgolan. Rollo, pp. 35-45.] of the Regional Trial Court of Bangued, Abra, Branch 2, convicting herein appellant Benido Alcartado in Criminal Cases Nos. 97-005 to 06 and appellant Rodolfo Alcartado in Criminal Cases Nos. 97-007 to 08 of the crime of rape and sentencing them to suffer the supreme penalty of death.

The appellants, Benido Alcartado and Rodolfo Alcartado, father and son respectively, stand charged with the crime of rape defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, in four...