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PEOPLE vs. Domingo Burgos

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, vs. DOMINGO BURGOS alias "TOTOY", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-40494 | 1982-07-30

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Occidental Mindoro, Branch II, dated January 14, 1975, in Criminal Case No. R-572, convicting Domingo Burgos of the crime of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to indemnify the victim, Dolores Tapang, in the sum of P12,000.00, without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency, and to pay the costs.

The following facts are borne out by the evidence on record:

Dolores Tapang, the eighth of fourteen children of Juanito Tapang and Lourdes Garcia of San Roque, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, was born a...