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People of the Philippines Vs. Ricardo Bodoso y Bolor

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RICARDO BODOSO y BOLOR, Accused-Appeellant.

G.R. No. 188129 | 2010-07-05

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

For final review by this Court are the December 18, 2008 Decision[1] and February 17, 2009 Resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals, in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 01526, which affirmed with modification the July 28, 2005 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 16, Tabaco City (RTC), in Criminal Case No. T-3285 and Criminal Case No. T-3286, thus, sentencing the accused to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua for each count of rape and reduced the amount of civil indemnity from P75,000.00 to P50,000.00.

The RTC Decision[4] convicted the accused for two counts of rape which he committed against his own...