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People vs. Doroteo S. Mejorada

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DOROTEO MEJORADA y SILLAN, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 102705 | 1993-07-30

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

On appeal is the 14 June 1991 decision 1 of Branch 19 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Davao del Sur in Criminal Case No. 138 (88). The accused therein, now the appellant, was found guilty of the crime of rape and sentenced to suffer the "penalty of reclusion perpetua or imprisonment for life with the accessory penalties of the law." Fortunately for the accused, however, the court a quo decided not to award damages to the offended party since there was "no showing that filing and other fees have been paid."

It was on 11 October 1988 that the offended party, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Regino,...