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PEOPLE vs Joselito Baltazar

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSELITO BALTAZAR y ESTACIO @ "JOEY", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 115990 | 2000-03-31

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

On appeal is the decision dated May 16, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court of Agoo, La Union, Branch 31,[1] convicting accused-appellant of the crime of rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to indemnify the offended party the amount of P50,000.00.

Appellant Joselito Baltazar y Estacio was a 22 year-old resident of Baybay, Sto. Tomas, La Union, where he was accused of raping his neighbor, Josefina de Guzman, a 17 year-old high school student.

The facts are as follows:

On April 16, 1992, at around 7 o'clock in the evening, appellant and Josefina with some other...