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PEOPLE vs Edgardo D. Ng

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO NG y DOANE, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 71117 | 1986-07-10

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

On November 15, 1982, complainant Wilma Natividad y Castañeda charged Edgardo Ng y Doane with the crime of forcible abduction with rape. When arraigned, the accused pleaded not guilty.

On March 8, 1985, the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch XXXIII rendered a decision, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the Court finds the accused Edgardo Ng y Doane guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the complex crime of forcible abduction with rape and pursuant to the provisions of Article 48 in relation to Articles 335 and 342 of the Revised Penal Code, there being no mitigating or...