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PEOPLE vs. Fred Pelias Jones

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRED PELIAS JONES, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-61165 | 1985-06-24

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, 16th Judicial District, convicting Fred Pelias Jones of the crime of rape. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Fred Pelias Jones guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of RAPE described in the aforequoted information. While considering against the accused the aggravating circumstance of relationship, not offset by any mitigating circumstance, the accused should be, as he is, hereby sentenced to the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, with the accessory penalties of the law;...