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PEOPLE vs. Gamelo O. Mariano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GAMELO MARIANO y OBUSAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-47437 | 1983-09-29

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

Appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Camarines Norte, finding Gamelo Mariano y Obusan guilty of the crime of rape committed upon a woman of unsound and feeble mind, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P12,000.00 as moral damages and to pay the costs.

Socorro Soria, a demented woman of 24 years, had been confined as a mental patient at the National Mental Hospital in Mandaluyong, Manila, since February 26, 1971 up to May 3, 1974 when she was transferred to the Don Susano J. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Pili,...