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PEOPLE vs Rolando Magabo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROLANDO MAGABO y MAGARTE, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139471 | 2001-01-23

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision1 Penned by Judge Diosdado Madarang Peralta.1 dated May 14, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 95, in Criminal Case No. Q-98-77588, finding accused Rolando Magabo y Magarte guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua.

On July 2, 1998, accused Rolando Magabo y Magarte was charged with the crime of Rape in an Information which reads, to wit:

"That on or about the 23rd day of June, 1998, in Quezon City, Philippines, the said accused, by means of force and intimidation, to wit: by...