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PEOPLE vs Antonio Cambi

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ANTONIO CAMBI y QUISTADIO alias "TONYING", accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127131 | 2000-06-08

D E C I S I O N

DE LEON, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 8, Malaybalay, Bukidnon finding the accused-appellant ANTONIO CAMBI y QUISTADIO guilty of the crime of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the complainant Margie Comaling the amount of P30,000.00 as civil indemnity and P20, 000.00 by way of moral damages.1 [Records, p. 44.]

The following are the facts.

On September 7, 1995, an information was filed against the appellant charging him with the crime of rape allegedly committed as follows:

That on or about the 3rd day of July 1995, in the...