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PEOPLE vs Lope Liwanag, et al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LOPE LIWANAG y BUENAVENTURA, SANDY SIMBULAN y GARCIA and RAMIL VENDIBIL y CASTRO, accused./LOPE LIWANAG y BUENAVENTURA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 120468 | 2001-08-15

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

Accused-appellant Lope Liwanag y Buenaventura, and his co-accused Randy Simbulan and Ramil Vendibil, were charged with the crime of highway robbery with multiple rape in an Information[1] which reads, thus:

That on or about the 27th day of April, 1992, in the Municipality of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, armed with an icepick, conspiring and confederating together and mutually helping and aiding one another, with intent to gain and by means of force, violence and intimidation, did then and there willfully,...