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PEOPLE vs. Loreto H. Torres

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LORETO H. TORRES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-61705 | 1984-11-20

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Loreto H. Torres appeals from the decision of the then Court of First Instance of Misamis Occidental in Criminal Case No. 510, convicting him of rape and sentencing him "to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to indemnify Consorcia Villanueva Agbon in the amount of P12,000.00, to acknowledge and support the offspring, if there be any, with the accessories of the law, and to pay the costs." (p. 10, Rollo)

Prosecution evidence shows that complainant Consorcia V. Agbon, a housewife with seven children, has her residence in Naga, Jimenez, Misamis Occidental. Her husband, Vicente Agbon, works in Iligan City...