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People vs. Razonable

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. BENJAMIN RAZONABLE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 128085-87 | 2000-04-12

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

This is an appeal from a decision1 [Per Judge Sancho Dames II; Original Records, 99.] rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Camarines Norte, Branch 39, dated May 3, 1996, in Criminal Cases Nos. 7760, 7761 and 7762, finding appellant Benjamin Razonable guilty beyond reasonable doubt of raping his daughter, Maria Fe Razonable, and sentencing him to suffer the penalties of three (3) reclusion perpetua and to pay the amount of two hundred thousand (P200,000.00) pesos as moral damages.

Appellant was charged in three separate Informations2 [Original Records, Criminal Case No. 7760, p. 1; Criminal Case No. 7761, p. 1; and...