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PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. Royeras

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FRANCISCO ROYERAS alias Buyo, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-31886 | 1974-04-29

D E C I S I O N

AQUINO, J:

Francisco Royeras appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Leyte, convicting him of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to indemnify Eufrosina Almaden in the sum of three thousand pesos as moral and exemplary damages (Criminal Case No. 12199).

The judgment of conviction was predicated on the following evidence:

In 1967 the spouses Pedro Almaden and Eufrosina Almaden, thirty-three and twenty-six years old, respectively, resided at Barrio Maribi, Tanauan, Leyte. Also residing in the same barrio was Francisco Royeras (Ekong or Buyo), a twenty six year old married man,...