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PEOPLE vs Melandro Nicolas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MELANDRO NICOLAS y FAVELLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 125125-27 | 2000-02-04

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

MELANDRO NICOLAS y FAVELLA was convicted by the court a quo of two (2) counts of statutory rape and one (1) simple rape committed against his own daughter, Shellome Nicolas y Dalisay. The statutory rapes were committed when Shellome was only eleven (11) years old while the simple rape was perpetrated when she was already twelve (12). Accordingly, he was sentenced to reclusion perpetua in each of the three (3) offenses and was ordered to indemnify his victim in the amounts of P150,000.00 as moral damages, P75,000.00 as exemplary damages, and to pay the costs.1 [Decision penned by Judge Guillermo L. Loja,...