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PEOPLE vs Jose Torellos

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. JOSE TORELLOS y AVENDA?O, appellant.

G.R. No. 143084 | 2003-04-01

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 Manila, Branch 18, in Criminal Case No. 98-167678, convicting appellant Jose Torellos y Avendaño of the crime of rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua with all the accessory penalties, and ordering him to pay the victim the amounts of P300,000.00 as moral damages, P200,000.00 as nominal damages, P100,000.00 as exemplary damages, and costs.

The Information against appellant reads:

That on or about September 9, 1998, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused with lewd design did then and...