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PEOPLE vs Roel Mendigurin

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ROEL MENDIGURIN Y CANLAS, appellant.

G.R. No. 127128 | 2003-08-15

D E C I S I O N

AZCUNA, J.:

Appellant Roel Mendigurin challenges the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Malabon, Metro Manila, Branch 74, convicting him of rape and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay P30,000 as moral damages.

The information under which appellant was charged states, as follows:

That on or about the 15th day of June 1992, in Navotas, Metro Manila, and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, did then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously, with lewd design, have sexual intercourse with ELENA SEBASTIAN and successfully did so by...