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PEOPLE Vs. Teofilo Madronio

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. TEOFILO MADRONIO Y ISIP, appellant.

G.R. Nos. 137587 & 138329 | 2003-07-29

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before us on appeal is the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City, Branch 219, finding Teofilo Madronio y Isip guilty beyond reasonable doubt of rape, sentencing him to suffer reclusion perpetua, and ordering him to pay the victim Desiree Morecho y Ong the amount of P75,000 as civil indemnity.

The Charge

Appellant Teofilo Madronio was charged with rape under a Criminal Complaint which reads:

The undersigned accuses TEOFILO MADRONIO Y ISIP of the crime of RAPE, committed as follows:

That on or about the 1st day of February, 1997 in Quezon City, Philippines, the above-named accused,...