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PEOPLE vs Wilson Batoon

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. WILSON BATOON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 134194 | 1999-10-26

D E C I S I O N


DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

In the decision1 [Per Judge Demetrio D. Calimag, Jr. Original Record (OR), 83-90; Rollo, 15-22.] of 19 February 1996 in Criminal Case No. 116-94, the Regional Trial Court of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao, Branch 15, found accused-appellant WILSON BATOON guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim P50,000 in moral damages and P20,000 in exemplary damages.

On 27 January 1994, a criminal complaint for rape2 [Exhibit "B"; OR, 1; Rollo, 7.] was filed by Regina P. Olarte (REGINA) against her stepfather, herein...