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PEOPLE vs. Marcelino Eclarinal, et al.

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCELINO ECLARINAL and NORBERTO ORIA, defendants, MARCELINO ECLARINAL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 83308 | 1990-02-12

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

This is an appeal from the judgment * of the Regional Trial Court of Baguio and Benguet in Criminal Case No. 3004 finding the defendant-appellant Marcelino Eclarinal guilty of the crime of Rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify Gloria S. Casuga in the amount of P12,000.00, and to pay the costs.

The complaint for Rape was originally filed against Marcelino Eclarinal and Norberto Oria. During the trial, however, or on 4 March 1982, Marcelino Eclarinal escaped from detention, 1 but, he was recaptured in January 1985. The accused, Norberto Oria, also escaped from the...