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PEOPLE vs. Willy Lat

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILLY LAT, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-50086 | 1980-08-21

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

Sentenced to life imprisonment by the Court of First Instance of Quezon, Branch X, for raping a 13-year old girl, named Lucila de Leon, whom he was also ordered to indemnify, by way of moral and exemplary damages, in the sum of P10,000.00 and to pay costs, Willie Lat, the accused, brought the judgment of conviction for review to this Court.

As summarized in the People's brief, the facts as established by the evidence of the prosecution are as follows:

"On December 19, 1975 at about 11:00 o'clock in the morning, complainant Lucila de Leon was alone washing clothes in a river situated in Barangay Ilayang...