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Facts: The accused, together with other men, was charged with Robbery with Homic
ide with Rape. They allegedly robbed the house of Florencio Garces in Project 8,
Quezon City and raped Dana Garces.
-Albior pleaded not guilty. After trial, the trial court found Albior guilty and
sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua.
-Agent Teofilo Jamela of the CIS Investigation Section testified that Albior and
Vasquez (his co-accused) admitted that they served as lookouts while Bernardo R
eyes entered the victim s room. Vasquez stated that Manansalang and Reyes related
to him that earlier that day they robbed the house of the victim, and in the cou
rse of the robbery, Reyes raped and killed the victim.
-Agent Dayco stated that he interrogated the persons to whom the typewriter stol
en from the Garces residence was sold and that the first buyer pointed to Manala
ngsang and Vasquez as the persons who sold it to him.
-Sgt Prado testified that the panty of the victim and the stolen Adidas shoes we
re found in Vasquez s house.
-Albior testified that he was at the house of his cousin in Baesa, Quezon City w
hen the crime was being committed.
He said that he did not understand Tagalog, the dialect tin which the confession
was written, and signed it only because he was told he d be released if he signed
it.
-Vasquez testified that during a drinking spree where accused Manalangsang and A
lbior were also present, Bernardo Reyes recounted how he and Manalangsang robbed
the house of the victim, and how he hit her with a baluster when she awoke. Rey
es brought out the panty of the victim. Vasquez denied having sold the stolen ty
pewriter and said that it was Manalangsang who sold it.
He said that he signed the extra-judicial confession because he was threatened a
t the CIS headquarters with physical violence.
-The trial court held that the extrajudicial confession of Albior was voluntaril
y and freely given.