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PEOPLE vs Ernesto Rosales

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERNESTO ROSALES Y RIVERA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 124920 | 1999-09-08

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

Ernesto Rosales was accused of raping Isabel dela Cruz, a minor, eleven years of age, before the Regional Trial Court of ParaÂÂaque (now a City). On 26 March 1996 the trial court found him guilty as charged, sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all its accessory penalties, to indemnify complainant with P50,000.00 as moral damages, and to pay costs.1 [Decision penned by Judge Agnes Reyes-Carpio, RTC-Br. 257, ParaÂÂaque City.] He now seeks the review of his case.

Isabel de la Cruz, unschooled at eleven, ran away from home in search of a brother. She moved from one place to...