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PEOPLE vs Marciano Bertulfo

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. MARCIANO BERTULFO y GELEG, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 143790 | 2002-05-07

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., C.J.:

This is an appeal from the 24 May 2000 decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 86 in Criminal Case No. Q-96-68588, finding accused-appellant Marciano Bertulfo y Geleg (hereafter MARCIANO) guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape committed on Rhiza Oliverio (hereafter RHIZA), imposing upon him the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay to RHIZA P50,000 as indemnity, and P50,000 as moral damages.

The accusatory portion of the complaint[2] states, thus:

The undersigned (complainant) accuses MARCIANO BERTULFO Y GELEG of the crime of Rape, committed as...