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PEOPLE vs Francisco Villanos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-apellee, vs. FRANCISCO VILLANOS Y TUMAMANG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126648 | 2000-08-01

D E C I S I O N

PUNO, J.:

This is an appeal from the Judgment1 [Dated August 24, 1996 and penned by Branch 58 Judge Escolastico U. Cruz, Jr.; Rollo, pp. 16-44.] of the Regional Trial Court of Makati, finding the accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape defined and penalized in Section 11, sub-section 2 of Republic Act No. 7659 which amended Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code. Appellant was sentenced to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA plus all the accessory penalties provided by law and to pay the offended party the sum of P50,000.00 as moral damages without subsidiary imprisonment in case of...