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PEOPLE vs Joel Gabawa

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOEL GABAWA y BANGGAY, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 139833 | 2003-02-28

D E C I S I O N

AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

Before us is an appeal from the decision, dated January 12, 1999, rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Iloilo City (Branch 30), convicting accused Joel Gabawa y Banggay of rape in Criminal Case No. 46933, sentencing him to suffer reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify the offended party in the amount of Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50,000.00).

In a criminal complaint dated August 30, 1996, Eusebia Paloa, 35 years old, assisted by her mother Concordia F. Paloa, accused Joel Gabawa y Banggay of rape, committed as follows:

"That on or about the 10th day of July, 1996, in the Municipality of San...