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PEOPLE vs. HENRY BALMOJA

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HENRY BALMOJA alias Ayat, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 140229 | 2001-08-30

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

HENRY BALMOJA alias Ayat was found guilty of rape by the RTC-Br. 272, Marikina City, and sentenced to reclusion perpetua and to pay his victim P50,000.00 for moral damages.[1] He now appeals his conviction.

The Decision of the court a quo is anchored on the following factual findings: on 24 July 1997, at the behest of her teacher, a certain Mrs. Cillo, fourteen (14) year old Cynthia Lea Dapoc, private complainant, set out in search for the house of an absentee student so she could deliver a notice coming from her teacher. While trying to locate the place, accused Henry Balmoja pointed Lea towards the...