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PEOPLE vs. Tiburcio Relacion

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. TIBURCIO RELACION, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-46521 | 1980-01-22

D E C I S I O N


SANTOS, J.:

This is an appeal filed on June 7, 1977 from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Bohol, 14th Judicial District Branch IV, the Hon. Fernando S. Ruiz presiding, finding the above-named accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the complainant Anecita Madron in the sum of P5,000.00 as moral and exemplary damages, pay the cost.

Tiburcio Relacion was charged in Criminal Case No. 1357 for rape in an Information filed by Acting 1st Assistant Provincial Fiscal Jacinto S. Bautista on November 3, 1975 as follows:

"That on or...