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PEOPLE vs Ricardo Toquero

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RICARDO TOQUERO y JACOBO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127650 | 2000-08-25

D E C I S I O N
PARDO, J.:
The case is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Pangasinan, Branch 49, Urdaneta, convicting accused-appellant Ricardo Toquero y Jacobo alias "Antonio" of rape and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and to pay one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) in damages.
On August 11, 1995, 4th Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Emiliano M. Matro of Pangasinan filed with the Regional Trial Court, Pangasinan, Branch 49, Urdaneta, an information[2] charging the accused with rape, committed as follows:
"That on or about the 19th day of October, 1994, in the morning, in the municipality of Urdaneta,...