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PEOPLE vs. Fernando Felipe

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FERNANDO FELIPE, alias "Iying," defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-40432 G.R. No. L-40432 | 1982-07-19

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Fernando Felipe alias "lying" appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Bulacan convicting him of rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the offended woman, Ruth Pancho, the sum of P3,000.00 "for the social humiliation she has suffered, to provide maintenance and support for the child, Marivic Pancho, and to pay the costs."

Prosecution evidence shows that at about 8:00 in the evening of July 9, 1971, Ruth Pancho was in a room in their house in Sta. Barbara, Baliwag, Bulacan, when she heard some noise by the window. She did not pay much...