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PEOPLE Vs. Bernardo Cortezano And Joel Cortezano

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. BERNARDO CORTEZANO and JOEL CORTEZANO, appellants.

G.R. No. 123140 | 2003-09-23

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Camarines Sur, Libmanan, Branch 56, in Criminal Cases Nos. L-1679 and L-1680, convicting appellants Bernardo Cortezano and Joel Cortezano with four counts of rape and sentencing them to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count; and ordering each of them to pay damages to the victim as follows: P200,000 as moral damages and P200,000 as exemplary damages in all the cases.

The Indictments

On November 22, 1994, two separate Informations for rape were filed against the appellants. The first Information docketed as Criminal...