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PEOPLE vs. Federico B. Belmonte

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FEDERICO B. BELMONTE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-58199 | 1983-07-05

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Vizcaya, Branch II at Bayombong, convicting Federico B. Belmonte of the crime of rape and sentencing him "to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and civil interdiction for life or during the period of the sentence as the case may be, and that of perpetual absolute disqualification which the offender shall suffer even though pardoned as to the principal penalty, unless the same shall have been expressly remitted in the pardon, in accordance with Art. 41 of the Revised Penal Code." (p. 32, Rollo).

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