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PEOPLE vs. Leonardo Castillo

THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. LEONARDO CASTILLO Y CENIDO, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. L-39152 | 1983-01-28

D E C I S I O N


RELOVA, J.:

Appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Rizal sentencing accused Leonardo Castillo y Cenido the penalty of Reclusion Perpetua and to indemnify the victim, Victoria Estrella y Lakandula, in the sum of P5,000.00 by way of moral damages, for the crime of Rape committed according to the evidence of the prosecution. We are quoting from the People's Brief, as follows:

". . . At about 6:30 o'clock in the evening of February 15, 1971, her father Protacio Estrella sent her to Barrio Longos of said municipality to get his eyeglasses from the house of her cousin 'Ate Linda', which was quite far from...