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PEOPLE vs. Juan C. Evangelista

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JUAN EVANGELISTA Y CARDI?O, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-45089 | 1982-04-27

D E C I S I O N


BARREDO, J.:

Appeal from the judgment of conviction for the crime of forcible abduction with rape of appellant Juan Evangelista y Cardiño rendered by Judge Francisco de la Rosa (May his soul rest in peace!) on August 19, 1976 and the consequent sentence therein imposed upon appellant as follows:

"WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, this Court finds accused JUAN EVANGELISTA y CARDIá'O guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the complex crime of FORCIBLE ABDUCTION WITH RAPE, as charged in the Complaint of October 15, 1975, and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA, to pay Anita Yunsay the...