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People vs. Alejandro and Angeles

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. ALBERTO ALEJANDRO Y RIGOR AND JOEL ANGELES Y DE JESUS, ACCUSED-APPELLANTS.

G.R. No. 225608 | 2017-03-13

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
Before the Court is an ordinary appeal[1] filed by accused-appellants Alberto Alejandro y Rigor (Alejandro) and Joel Angeles y de Jesus (Angeles; collectively, accused-appellants) assailing the Decision[2] dated June 3, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 06495, which affirmed with modification the Joint Decision[3] dated August 20, 2013 of the Regional Trial Court of Baloc, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, Branch 88 (RTC) in Crim. Case Nos. 72-SD(96), 73-SD(96), and 74-SD(96) convicting accused-appellants of the crimes of Simple Rape and Homicide, defined and...