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PEOPLE vs. Mario Abangin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIO ABANGIN alias "Patok," accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 125939-40 | 1998-10-12

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., J.:

Accused MARIO ABANGIN appeals from the 7 February 1996 decision1 [Rollo, 34-85; Original Record (OR), Criminal Case No. 1698, 90-142. Per Judge Leandro T. Loyao, Jr.] of Branch 24, Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Maasin, Southern Leyte, in Criminal Cases Nos. 1698 and 1708, finding him guilty of two counts of statutory rape and sentencing him to suffer in each count the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the offended party SHIRLEY SACBAYANA P50,000 in each case as moral damages, and the costs.

The accusatory portion of the information in Criminal Case No. 1698 reads as follows:

That on the 5th day...