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PEOPLE vs Eddie Basite

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EDDIE BASITE, appellant.

G.R. No. 150382 | 2003-10-02

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

EDDIE BASITE was convicted by the trial court of simple rape, sentenced to reclusion perpetua and ordered to pay complaining witness P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and P50,000.00 as moral damages.[1] He now appeals his conviction.

Sonia Pa-ay, a polio victim, was at the time of the rape nineteen (19) years old and a student of midwifery at the Cordillera College, Buyagan, La Trinidad, Benguet.

On 1 September 1996 at around 10:30 in the morning, Sonia was in Natuel, Buguias, Benguet, on her way to her parents' home in Tinoc, Ifugao, to get her allowance. As she was walking, she met Eddie Basite who was...