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PEOPLE vs Edgardo Maceda

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. EDGARDO MACEDA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 138805 | 2001-02-28

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

For review is the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 76, Quezon City, finding accused-appellant Edgardo Maceda guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the rape of Maribeth Quinto, a mental retardate, and sentencing him to death and to pay the victim the amount of P50,000.00 as moral damages plus the costs of the suit.

The information against accused-appellant alleged ÂÂ

That on or about the 19th day of February, 1998, in Quezon City, Philippines, the said accused, by means of force and intimidation, did, then and there, willfully, unlawfully and feloniously drag one MARIBETH QUINTO y ARMAZA, into...