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PEOPLE. Vs. Elpidio Cabading

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ELPIDIO CABADING, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 74352 | 1989-06-06

D E C I S I O N


PARAS, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court Branch XXXIII of Bauang, La Union, finding the appellant Elpidio Cabading guilty beyond reasonable doubt of Rape, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered declaring the accused guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of simple rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA with all the accessory penalties provided by Article 41 of the Revised Penal Code; ordering the accused to indemnify the victim the sum of Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30,000.00), and to pay the costs.

SO ORDERED." (p....