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PEOPLE vs Cresente Napiot

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. CRESENTE NAPIOT, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 119956 | 1999-08-05

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Pagadian City, Branch 18, finding accused-appellant Cresente Napiot guilty of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the victim in the amount of P40,000.00.

The information in this case alleged ÂÂ

That on or about the 15th day of August 1976 at about 6:30 o'clock in the evening at Barangay Dongos, Municipality of Dinas, Province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused by means of violence, force and intimidation, did then...