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PEOPLE vs Rodolfo Zabala

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. RODOLFO ZABALA y BACORRO, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 140034-35 | 2003-08-14

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] dated September 8, 1999 of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City, Branch 62, convicting accused-appellant Rodolfo Zabala y Bacorro of two counts of rape in Criminal Case Nos. 99-377 and 99-378. The decision sentenced the appellant, in each of the cases, to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay complainant Joenalyn Borigas y Cases the sum of P50,000.00 as moral damages.

The information in Criminal Case No. 99-377 against appellant Rodolfo Zabala y Bacorro alleges:

That in or about and sometime during the school year 1996-1997, in the City of Makati,...