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People vs. Andres Masapol

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. ANDRES MASAPOL, appellant.

G.R. No. 121997 | 2003-12-10

D E C I S I O N

CALLEJO, SR., J.:

Before this Court on appeal is the Decision[1] of by the Regional Trial Court of Naga City, Branch 28, convicting the appellant Andres Masapol of the crime of Rape, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua and to pay the victim Beatriz O. Pascuin the sum of P50,000.00 as damages.

The appellant was charged of rape in an Information, the accusatory portion of which reads:

The undersigned 2nd Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, upon a sworn complaint originally filed by the offended party, accuses ANDRES MASAPOL y DOE of the crime of RAPE, defined and punished under Article 335 of the...