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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Dayag

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff and appellee, vs. BEN DAYAG, defendant and appellant.

G.R. No. L-30619 | 1974-03-29

D E C I S I O N

ESGUERRA, J:

Appeal from the judgment of the Court of First Instance of Nueva Ecija, Branch IV, Guimba, finding the accused, Ben Dayag, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of rape defined and penalized under Article 335 of the Revised Penal Code, and sentencing him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua (life imprisonment); to suffer the accessories provided for by law and to pay the costs.

As charged in the information, the crime was allegedly committed as follows:

"That on or about the 5th day of February, 1968, in the municipality of Talugtog, Province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines, and within the...