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That on or about the 5th day of January 1996, at around 2:30 o'clock [sic] in the morning, at Brgy. [Collado], Municipality of [Talavera], Province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused [Angeles], with lewd design, by means of force, violence and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously had carnal knowledge of one AAA against her will and consent, to the damage and prejudice of the said offended party. Contrary to law. Crim Case No. 74-SD(96) That on or about the 5th day of January 1996, at Brgy. [Collado], Municipality of [Talavera], Province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused [Alejandro and Angeles], together with two (2) other persons whose identities are still unknown (John Doe and Peter Doe), conspiring, confederating and mutually helping one another, with intent to kill did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack, box, beat and stab one [BBB] on the different parts of her body with the use of a pointed instrument, thereby causing her instantaneous death, to the damage and prejudice of the said victim. Contrary to law. Upon Alejandro's arrest, he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him as stated in Crim. Case Nos. 72-SD(96) and 74-SD(96).[7] While Angeles was still at large, the prosecution sought for the amendment of the Informations in Crim. Case Nos. 72-SD(96) and 73-SD(96) to convey a conspiracy between accused-appellants in the rape cases against AAA. The RTC allowed the amendment of the Information in Crim. Case No. 73-SD(96) to include Alejandro therein as a conspirator; however, it disallowed the proposed amendment in Crim. Case No. 72-SD(96) to include Angeles therein as conspirator on the ground that Alejandro had already been arraigned in the latter case.[8] The amended Information in Crim. Case No. 73-SD(96) reads: That on or about the 5th day of January 1996, at around 2:30 o'clock in the morning, at Brgy. [Collado], Municipality of [Talavera], Province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused [Angeles], with lewd design, and in conspiracy with one ALBERTO ALEJANDRO Y RIGOR (a), "JESUS", by means of force, violence and intimidation, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously have carnal knowledge with one [AAA] against her will and consent, to the damage and prejudice of the said offended party.

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People v. Alejandro

Jurisprudence

Case number: G.R. No. 225608

Date of decision: Mar 13, 2017

Year of decision: 2017

GBV Case Type

Homicide
Rape

Nature of the case: A female worker of legal age joined her co-worker for a vacation in Talavera, Nueva Ecija and they stayed in the house of the latter's 62 years old mother. One fateful night, the female worker-victim was awakened by the sound of the old woman-victim's pleas for mercy and eventually the former saw the latter being mauled and stabbed to death by the two accused. Thereafter, the two accused had carnal knowledge with the female worker-victim. Consequently, 3 separate informations were filed before the RTC, each charging the accused of one (1) count of simple rape and one (1) count of homicide. Accused A was convicted of 1 count of simple rape in Crim. Case No. 72-SD(96), 1 count of simple rape in Crim. Case No. 73-SD(96) and both were convicted for homicide in Crim. Case No. 74-SD(96). Since accused A filed a Motion to Withdraw Appeal and the Supreme Court granted the same, the case at bar is closed and terminated as to him. Meanwhile, accused B's appeal was denied by the Supreme Court and thereby the same ruled that the former is guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Qualified Rape and Homicide.

Summary of outcome

Accused-appellant's appeal was denied by the Supreme Court and thereby the same ruled that the former is guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Qualified Rape and Homicide. He is sentenced to suffer the following, viz:

Imprisonment of Reclusion Perpetua and to pay the rape victim P 75,000.00 as civil indemnity, P75,000.00 as moral damages, and P75,000.00 as exemplary damages, with legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum on all monetary awards from the date of finality of judgment until fully paid; and
Imprisonment for an indeterminate period of six (6) years and one (1) day of prision mayor, as minimum, to fourteen (14) years, eight (8) months, and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum, and ordered to pay the heirs of the deceased old woman the amounts of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity, P50,000.00 as moral damages, and P50,000.00 as temperate damages, with legal interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum on all monetary awards from the date of finality of judgment until fully paid.

Observatory: Gender-Based Violence

Affected Sector

Women

Ponente: PERLAS-BERNABE, J.

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

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Latitude: 15.584342

Longitude: 120.918282

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Angeles and Alejandro.pdf
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