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PEOPLE. Vs. Arcito Magdaraog

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ARCITO MAGDARAOG alias "Arcit," defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-40988 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision ** rendered on 28 May 1975 by the Court of First Instance of Northern Samar in Criminal Case No. A-159, which found the appellant guilty of the crime of Forcible Abduction with Rape, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the offended party in the amount of P3,000.00 and her parents in the amount of P2,000.00 and to pay the costs. 1

The facts of the case, according to the prosecution, are as follows:

"In the afternoon of May 28, 1972, the complainant Adelaida Vicario along with her betrothed bridegroom, Macario Castillo (now her...