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PEOPLE vs Vicente Valla

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. VICENTE VALLA[1], accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 111285 | 2000-01-24

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated March 29, 1993 of the Regional Trial Court of Gumaca, Quezon, Branch 62, convicting appellant of the crime of rape with homicide, imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the heirs of the victim the amount of P50,000.00 as indemnity and P30,000.00 as actual and moral damages.

Appellant was 28 years old, married, cousin of the victim, and resident of Barangay Tayuman, San Francisco, Quezon, at the time of incident. The victim was an eight (8) year-old girl, Dyesebel "Gigi" de la Cruz, who was reported missing and the following day found...