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PEOPLE vs. HILGEM NERIO

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. HILGEM NERIO Y GIGANTO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 142564 | 2001-09-26

D E C I S I O N

PER CURIAM:

This case is here on appeal from the decision[1] rendered on January 31, 2000 by the Regional Trial Court of Bacolod City, Branch 47, finding accused-appellant guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape and sentencing him accordingly.

Complainant Vilma M. Concel was, at the time material to this case, 70 years old, a widow, and a retired public school teacher living in Purok Mahimaya-on, Brgy. Bata, Bacolod City. She had eleven children by her late husband Clemente B. Concel.[2] She was the recipient of an award as one of the outstanding mothers of the province of Negros Occidental.[3]

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