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PEOPLE vs. Jose Marzan

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. JOSE MARZAN alias CARLING, defendant-appellant.

G.R. No. L-63265 | 1984-03-13

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This is an appeal from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan, 3rd Judicial District, Branch IX, convicting Jose Marzan alias "Carling" of the crime of rape. The dispositive portion of the decision reads:

"WHEREFORE, in the light of the foregoing, the Court finds the accused, JOSE MARZAN alias CARLING, guilty beyond reasonable doubt of the crime of RAPE as charged and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of reclusion perpetua, to indemnify the offended party, Saturnina Esteves Vda. de Rondolos, in the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND (P12,000.00) PESOS and to pay the costs."

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