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PEOPLE vs Johnny Dela Cruz

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOHNNY DELA CRUZ Y AVENDA?O, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133921 | 2000-06-01

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

JOHNNY DELA CRUZ Y AVENDAá'O appeals from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 12, of Malolos, Bulacan, in criminal case No. 94-M-97 finding him guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and, with respect to the civil liability, to indemnify private complainant the amount of P30,000.00 by way of moral damages.

Avendaño was charged, on 29 September 1996, in an information that read:

"That on or about the year 1984, in the municipality of Obando, Province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this...