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PEOPLE OF THE PHIL. vs. VICENTE C. VILLAMALA

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE C. VILLAMALA and GAUDIOSA MALUNJAO VILLAMALA, defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. L-41312 | 1977-07-29

FERNANDO, J:

The rather unique feature about this case was that a couple, now appellants Vicente C. Villamala and Gaudiosa Villamala, were jointly prosecuted for the crime of rape allegedly perpetrated on the complainant Eustaquia Bentulan. They were found guilty by the lower court and each of them sentenced to reclusion perpetua, with the accessory penalties provided for by law and with the pecuniary liability in the sum of P12,000.00 imposed by way of indemnification to the offended party. It was her clear-cut and straight-forward testimony as to the commission of such crime reinforced by four other witnesses, one of whom was her son,...