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PEOPLE vs Roque and Carlos Celis

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROQUE CELIS y Avila and CARLOS CELIS y Avila, accused-appellants.

G.R. Nos. 125307-09 | 1999-10-20

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal from a decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 19, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat,1 [See Judgment, dated December 20, 1995, Regional Trial Court, Branch 19, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Judge German M. Malcampo, presiding. Original Record, Criminal Case No. 2165, pp. 93-138.] convicting Carlos A. Celis of one count of rape and Roque A. Celis of two counts of rape, and sentencing Carlos A. Celis to the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and Roque A. Celis to two penalties of reclusion perpetua, both accused to indemnify the victim Raquel Viernes in the amount of thirty thousand pesos...