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PEOPLE vs. Quirico Egasta Albarico

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. QUIRICO EGASTA ALBARICO

G.R. Nos. L-38339, L-38340 & L-38341 | 1980-10-10

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Quirico E. Albarico appealed from the decision dated December 14, 1973 of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, Baybay Branch VIII, convicting him of three crimes of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua for each rape and ordering him to pay the victim, his daughter, Carmen Albarico, an indemnity of twenty thousand pesos (Criminal Cases Nos. B-317, B-336 and B-337).

The judgment of conviction was based on the daughter's testimony. She was born on July 17, 1955. She resided with her parents in Barrio San Juan, Mahaplag, Leyte. At around nine in the morning of March 17, 1971, the fifteen-year-old Carmen...