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PEOPLE vs Erlindo Talo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ERLINDO TALO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 125542 | 2000-10-25

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This case is here on appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 15, Ozamis City, finding accused-appellant Erlindo Talo guilty of forcible abduction with rape and sentencing him to death and to pay complainant Doris Saguindang the amount of P30,000.00 as moral damages and the costs of the suit.

The information against accused-appellant recited -

That on or about the 12th day of May, 1995, at about 2:00 o'clock dawn, in barangay Gata Daku, municipality of Clarin, province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused ERLINDO...