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PEOPLE vs Randolph Jaquilmac

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RANDOLPH JAQUILMAC, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139787 | 2002-09-17

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

On appeal is the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, Branch 25, in Criminal Case No. 97-830, finding accused-appellant Randolph Jaquilmac guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of statutory rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay the offended party P75,000.00 in moral damages.

The facts of the case, as established by the prosecution, are as follows:

Complainant Ma. Hazel L. Micabalo, then only seven years old, and her younger brother, Dandan Micabalo, lived in the house of their uncle, accused-appellant Randolph Jaquilmac...