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PEOPLE vs Reformador Vidal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. REFORMADOR VIDAL y BALLADARES, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 137946 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Dipolog City, finding accused-appellant Reformador Vidal y Balladares guilty of rape against Imelda Magbojos and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to indemnify complainant in the amount of P50,000.00.

The information against accused-appellant alleged ÂÂ

That in the evening, on or about the 27th day of March 1987, in Sulangon, Dapitan City, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused moved by lewd and unchaste designs, by means of force, violence and intimidation, did then...