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People vs. Decoroso Aca-ac

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. DECOROSO ACA-AC y CESPON, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 142500 | 2001-04-20

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision,[1] dated February 19, 1994, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 4, City of Tagbilaran, finding accused-appellant Decoroso Aca-ac y Cespon, alias "Kokong," guilty of frustrated rape and sentencing him to suffer the indeterminate penalty of imprisonment from twelve (12) years of prision mayor, as minimum, to seventeen (17) years, four (4) months, and one (1) day of reclusion temporal, as maximum, with accessory penalties, and to indemnify the complainant Fritzie Aca-ac the amount of P30,000.00 as moral damages and P20,000.00 as exemplary damages. Originally taken to the...