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People vs. Elizaga

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOVENAL ELIZAGA, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-38272 | 1976-10-26

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Misamis Occidental Court of First Instance in Criminal Case No. 172, convicting accused-appellant Jovenal Elizaga of the crime of Rape, imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua, with the accessories of the law, and ordering him to indemnify the offended party in the sum of P10,000.00, to acknowledge the offspring, to support said offspring in the amount of P100.00 a month, and to pay the costs.

The present action was prosecuted upon complaint filed by the offended party, Jocelyn Sabayle, with the City Court of Oroquieta. After the accused had submitted himself to the...