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PEOPLE vs. Aquilino Padunan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AQUILINO PADUNAN alias "QUILIN", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-40621 | 1982-08-21

D E C I S I O N


ABAD SANTOS, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision of the Court of First Instance of La Union, Branch III at Agoo, convicting Aquilino Padunan of the crime of rape. The decision which was promulgated on January 28, 1975, has the following dispositive portion:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Aquilino Padunan alias Quilin, guilty beyond reasonable doubt, of the offense of Rape and hereby sentences him to suffer reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment) and pay the costs."

An amended complaint for rape against Aquilino Padunan was filed in the Municipal Court of Caba, La Union, on December 11, 1965, by Estrella...