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People vs. Constancio y Bacungay

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. NIEVES CONSTANCIO Y BACUNGAY, ERNESTO BERRY Y BACUNGAY, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 206226 | 2016-04-04

 
D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
This is an appeal from the February 24, 2012 Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-H.C. No. 02709 which affirmed the January 22, 2007 Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 258, Parañaque City, finding the appellants Nieves Constancio y Bacungay (Constancio) and Ernesto Berry y Bacungay (Berry) guilty of the crime of Rape with Homicide and sentencing them to surfer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.

Factual Antecedents

Constancio and Berry, along with co-accused Donardo Pagkalinawan (Pagkalinawan), Danny Darden (Darden),...