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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. de la Cruz

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CEFERINO DE LA CRUZ, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-28810 | 1974-03-27

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

This is an appeal of defendant Ceferino de la Cruz from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Masbate, finding him guilty of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the offended girl, Ligaya German, in the sum of six thousand pesos and to pay the costs (Criminal Case No. 5201).

The record reveals that the spouses Simeon German and Priscilla Refuerzo, residents of Danao Street, Masbate, Masbate, have a daughter named Ligaya who was born on August 17, 1954 (Exh. A). She was a Grade two pupil of the North Elementary School. One time she met in the theater a man who called...