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PEOPLE vs Edgar Molleda

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. EDGAR MOLLEDA y PONTANES @ Medy, appellant.

G.R. No. 153219 | 2003-12-01

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Branch 28, in Criminal Case No. SC-7259, finding appellant Edgar Molleda y Pontanes guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Rape, and sentenced him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, and ordered him to pay the offended party the amounts of P50,000.00 as civil indemnity and P50,000.00 as moral damages.

On May 2, 1999, appellant Edgar Molleda y Pontanes was charged with rape in an Information which reads:

That on or about January 25, 1999, in the municipality of Kalayaan, Province of Laguna and...