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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Garcines

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DANIETO S. GARCINES, alias Nenes, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-32321 | 1974-06-28

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Danieto S. Garcines appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Misamis, finding him guilty of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay Rosella Tan an indemnity of five thousand pesos and the costs (Criminal Case No. OZ-42).

The prosecution's evidence reveals the following facts:

On February 18, 1970 Rosella L. Tan, a thirteen-year-old first year high school student of the Immaculate Conception College in Ozamis City, was residing with her parents, Dominico Tan and Simeona Lanaha-Tan, at Gomez Extension Street of that city. At around six o'clock in the...