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PEOPLE vs Sonny Buendia

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SONNY BUENDIA y BENJAMIN, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 145318-19 | 2002-05-29

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 130, Caloocan City, finding accused-appellant Sonny Buendia guilty of two counts of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua in each case and to indemnify the offended party, Maribel Caliwag, in the amount of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and an additional P50,000.00 as moral damages per count of rape, or P200,000.00 in totality, and to pay the costs.

The complainant in the two cases, Maribel Caliwag y Garcia, is the sister of the common law wife of accused-appellant Sonny Buendia.

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