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THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERIBERTO MAGLENTE y CABAHUG, accused-appellant.

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERIBERTO MAGLENTE y CABAHUG, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 124559-66 | 1999-04-30

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 78 (Judge Percival Mandap Lopez, presiding), finding accused-appellant Eriberto Maglente y Cabahug guilty of eight (8) counts of rape and sentencing him, in each case, to suffer the penalty of death and to indemnify the victim in the amount of P100,000.00, as moral damages, and P50,000.00, as exemplary damages.

Complainant Maylene (Mylene) Q. Maglente is accused-appellant's own daughter. She is the eldest child of spouses Eriberto Maglente and Rebecca Q. Maglente.[2] Mylene and her two other sisters, Monalisa and...