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PEOPLE vs Marianito Monteron

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARIANITO MONTERON y PANTORAS, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 130709 | 2002-03-06

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, Branch 15, dated May 28, 1997 in Criminal Cases Nos. 36,564-96, convicting accused-appellant Marianito Monteron of the crime of rape. The dispositive portion of the appealed decision reads:

WHEREFORE, the prosecution having proven the guilt of the accused beyond reasonable doubt, Marianito Monteron is hereby sentenced to reclusion perpetua and to indemnify Mary Ann Martenez the sum of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00).1

The factual antecedents are as follows:

On March 7, 1996, at 12:10 p.m., fifteen year-old Mary Ann...