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PEOPLE Vs. Berto Bantisil, Et Al

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BERTO BANTISIL and JOHN DOE accused. BERTO BANTISIL, * accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116062 | 1995-10-18

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

The defense presented a "peeping tom" at the trial of this case to boost its exculpatory lover-theory. But the trial court, after assessing the entire evidence, was unconvinced and convicted the appellant of the crime charged and sentenced him to suffer a penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the offended party a civil indemnity of P50,000.00, plus costs. 1 The court further ordered the achieving of the case against the other accused who has remained at large, subject to its revival upon his arrest.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

On 1 June 1988, 17-year old Jocelyn Congson filed with the...