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PEOPLE vs Agustin Gopio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. AGUSTIN GOPIO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 133925 | 2000-11-29

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 12, Bulacan, finding accused-appellant Agustin Gopio guilty of statutory rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify the heirs of the victim in the amount of P3,727.00 as actual damages, P30,000.00, as moral damages, and to pay the costs of the suit.

The information against accused-appellant charged:[2]

That sometime in the year 1995, in the municipality of Obando, province of Bulacan, Philippines, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused Agustin Gopio y Arcillas,...