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PEOPLE vs. Antonio Moredo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO MOREDO, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-34127 | 1984-01-30

D E C I S I O N


DE CASTRO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Batangas, Eight Judicial District, Branch VII, Balayan, Batangas, convicting appellant, Antonio Moredo, of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to recognize the offspring and to pay the costs.

Succintly stated, the facts as quoted from the People's Brief, 1 are as follows:

"On January 10, 1970 at about 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon, while Flocerfida Salazar was alone, lying in the second floor of her house at Barrio Ilog, Taal, Batangas, appellant went up the house and suddenly embraced her...