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PEOPLE Vs. Nguyen Dinh Nhan

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. NGUYEN DINH NHAN, accused-appellant. The Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellee. Emmanuel B. Palabrica counsel de oficio for accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 93433 | 1991-08-05

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 48, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, the dispositive portion of which reads:

"WHEREFORE, the court finds the accused Nguyen Dinh Nhan guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape defined and penalized under Act. 335 of the Revised Penal Code and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with the accessory penalty and to pay the coat of the suit.

The accused is further ordered to indemnify the complainant Tran Thi Thuc Doan the sum of P12,000.00 without subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency."...