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PEOPLE vs. Pastor Pasco

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PASTOR PASCO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-41909 | 1983-02-14

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental finding Pastor Pasco guilty beyond reasonable doubt of a crime of rape and sentencing him "to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to indemnify the offended party as moral damages in the amount of P5,000.00, with the accessories provided by law, and to pay the costs."

It appears that on September 11, 1974, the City Fiscal of Oroquieta City filed an information for rape against Pastor Pasco as follows:

"That on or about the 29th day of June 1974, in the barrio of Tipan, Oroquieta City, Philippines, and within the...