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PEOPLE vs. Melecio Asturias

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MELECIO ASTURIAS, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-61126 | 1985-01-31

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

On May 18, 1982, the then Court of First Instance of Iloilo, Branch III, rendered judgment in Criminal Case No. 2662, for rape, as follows:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused - Melecio Asturias - guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape as defined in the prefatory paragraph of Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code in relation to paragraph No. 2 thereof and penalized in the second paragraph of the same article, and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify Vilma Ortega the sum of P12,000.00, Philippine Currency, by way of damages, and to pay the costs."...