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PEOPLE vs Benjamin Hilet

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. BENJAMIN HILET y MERCADEJAS, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 146685-86 | 2003-04-30

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 Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Branch 65, finding appellant Benjamin Hilet y Mercadejas guilty beyond reasonable doubt of two counts of statutory rape, sentencing him to suffer the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua for each count and ordering him to pay the victim the amount of P100,000.00 as moral damages and the costs of suit.

Appellant was charged with two counts of rape committed against the daughter of his common-law wife in two separate Informations which read:

In Criminal Case No. 99-329:

That sometime in March 17, 1999 at about 2:00...