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PEOPLE Vs. Pablo Dacquel

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. PABLO DACQUEL, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. 97917 | 1992-06-22

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision dated November 23, 1990 of the Regional Trial Court of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Branch 28, which convicted the appellant, Pablo Dacquel, of the crime of rape and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to pay the victim the sum of P30,000 as moral damages and the costs.

As found by the trial court the facts of the case are as follows:

"On the night of October 6, 1988 at about 7:00 p.m. while she was in the Centro of Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, the accused approached the victim, Ofelia Caser, and by pointing a knife to her throat was able to force...